Thursday April 11: BIRD WALK
Led by Floyd Weitzel

Destination: (Changed!) Checkermallow Access (was originally Fern Ridge Royal Ave)
Location is off Royal between Terry St and Greenhill Ave. Look for sign on south side of road "Checkermallow Access".
Meet before 9am at Campbell Center for car-pooling. We plan to be back before Noon.

Thursday April 18: Presentation: William Sullivan
Topic: “New Hikes in Oregon"

The program starts at 9:00 a.m. at the Campbell Center. A 1$ donation is appreciated for the speaker's fund.

Thursday April 25: Bird Walk
Led by Donna Albino

Destination: To be announced at April 18 presentation meeting
Meet before 9am at Campbell Center for car-pooling. We plan to be back before Noon.

Thursday, May 2: Tree Walk led by Arborist Alby Thoumsin
Destination: To be announced. "Tree Walk in a Native Forest"

The program starts at 9:00 a.m. at the Campbell Center. A 1$ donation is appreciated for the speaker's fund.

Thursday May 9: BIRD WALK
Led by Floyd Weitzel

Destination: To be announced at meeting May 2.
Meet before 9am at Campbell Center for car-pooling. We plan to be back before Noon.

BOGS PRESENTATIONS:
From September through May, We have presentations by speakers on 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, (and bird walks on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursdays of the months from Sept - May). The presentations during the academic year cover a wide range of science-related topics. Presentations and bird walks during those months run from 9-11am
*(The exception to the 9am starting time for presentations is the end-of-term Potluck, which begins at 10am and runs until Noon)

Bird Walks
From September through May, our bird walks are led by Steve Barron. We meet inside the Campbell Center before 9am to arrange car-pooling and drive to our destinations. Once there, we usually walk for 1-1/2 to 2 hours, and get back to Campbell Center around 11:30. Some destinations are further away, such as Finley Refuge and Elijah Bristow Park, so our return might be Noon or even as late as 1:00pm. Usually at least some people want to get back earlier so they arrange to ride together in one (or two) car(s). Trips with later return times are always announced as such ahead of time.

WHERE WE MEET:
The Campbell Center is located at 2nd and High Street, Eugene, OR, right near Skinner Butte Park, very near to the Willamette River. Presentations are inside the bldg. For Bird Walks, during Sept-May, meet inside before 9am. During SUMMER MONTHS meet in the PARKING LOT in front of the bldg to plan the location and car-pooling. Click here for a map showing location of Celeste Campbell Center

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
BOGS PRACTICES & PROTOCOLS
HISTORY OF BOGS
BIRDING RESOURCES - other group bird walks, Oregon online Birding site guides etc

BIRD SONGS: Online Resources - listen to any bird's songs or calls

If you have a smartphone, there are numerous apps for birding which can play the songs and calls of birds, but if you don't have one, you can go online and explore the songs and calls of any bird. Here are two exceptionally good websites for this:
XENO-CANTO Bird recordings
Here is an example recording from xeno-canto.org. This is a recording of several Short-eared Owls harassing a Northern Harrier. The owls are doing a lot of their "barking" calls. The Harrier can be heard at 0.55 seconds and there-after.

The McCaulay library includes not only recordings of songs and calls, but also has photographs and videos of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians! Here is the "How to" page with instructions for using this website:
McCaulay Library