Port Angeles and the Strait of Juan de Fuca/Sam Merrill and Bob Wadsworth

Mud Bay Park and Ride Madrona Beach Rd, Olympia, WA, United States

This is an overnight trip leaving Olympia Saturday, March 19 and returning Sunday, March 20, with Saturday night in Port Angeles. The focus is on seabirds at several locations on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The trip is especially suitable for beginning and intermediate birders, but is open to birders of all skill levels ... Read more

Woodard Bay for Beginners and Others with Sam Merrill and Tracey Scalici

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area 7000 Whitham Rd Ne, Olympia, WA, United States

This walk is designed primarily for beginning and intermediate birders. We will explore the approximately 2-mile loop at Woodard Bay, which includes an easy forest trail with boardwalk sections, returning by a pedestrian-only road. We will look and listen for woodland birds such as Swainson's Thrushes, Pacific Wrens, Brown Creepers, Pacific-slope Flycatchers, and Pileated Woodpeckers ... Read more

Port Angeles and the Strait of Juan de Fuca

Mud Bay Park and Ride Madrona Beach Rd, Olympia, WA, United States

This is an overnight trip leaving Olympia Saturday, March 18 and returning Sunday, March 19, with Saturday night in Port Angeles. The focus is on seabirds at several locations on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The trip is especially suitable for beginning and intermediate birders, but is open to birders of all skill levels ... Read more

Woodard Bay for Beginning and Intermediate Birders

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area 7000 Whitham Rd Ne, Olympia, WA, United States

This walk is designed primarily for beginning and intermediate birders. We will look and listen for woodland birds such as Swainson’s Thrushes, Pacific Wrens, Brown Creepers, Wilson Warblers, and Pileated Woodpeckers as we walk through the deep forest of cedars and Douglas fir and reach Henderson Inlet where we may see Cormorants, Purple Martins, and ... Read more

Woodard Bay for Beginning and Intermediate Birders

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area 7000 Whitham Rd Ne, Olympia, WA, United States

This walk is designed primarily for beginning and intermediate birders. Sam Merrill and Tracey Scalici will help you look and listen for woodland birds such as Swainson’s Thrushes, Pacific Wrens, Brown Creepers, Wilson Warblers, and Pileated Woodpeckers as we walk through the deep forest of cedars and Douglas fir and reach Henderson Inlet where we ... Read more

Woodard Bay for Beginners and Others

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area 7000 Whitham Rd Ne, Olympia, WA, United States

THIS TRIP IS CANCELLED. This walk is designed primarily for beginning and intermediate birders. We will look and listen for woodland birds such as Swainson’s Thrushes, Wilson Warblers, Pacific Wrens, Black-headed Grosbeaks, Western Tanagers, and Pileated Woodpeckers as we walk through the deep forest of cedars and Douglas fir to reach Henderson Inlet where we ... Read more

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia, WA, United States

Join us for the first BHAS-sponsored field trip in over a year! This trip to the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge is primarily for beginning and intermediate birders. In light of COVID-19, we will follow strict guidelines, which are listed on the liability form at: https://blackhills-audubon.org/black-hills-field-trip-liability-form/. We will explore the diverse habitats of ... Read more

Birding Without Breakfast

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia, WA, United States

  Birding without Breakfast, Saturday, September 3rd   Birding without Breakfast continues.  Especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders, Birding without Breakfast will be the first Saturday of each month, September through June.  Starting time: 7:30 a.m. (except 8:00 a.m. for the winter months from November through February).  Participants will need to follow current COVID-19 protocols ... Read more

Birding w/o Breakfast Woodard Bay

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area 7000 Whitham Rd Ne, Olympia, WA, United States

Birding without Breakfast, March 4 at Woodard Bay Leader: Sam Merrill Description: Birding without Breakfast at Woodard Bay.  Walk on a pedestrian-only road through beautiful woods for woodland species and to overlooks of Woodard Bay and Henderson Inlet for marine birds.  Birding without Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders.  Participants will ... Read more