**************************************************************** Regularly Scheduled Bird Walks in the Eugene/Springfield area **************************************************************** Event / Frequency Organization Name Website Link Additional Details Wetland Wanders; Second Tuesday of every month WREN "Wetland Wanders" events listed here https://www.facebook.com/pages/WREN-in-the-West-Eugene-Wetlands/18827462836 - scroll down to find them WREN Wanders are casual walks through various West Eugene Wetlands sites each second Tuesday of every month. Usually a birding expert, a biologist, and a botanist accompany the group so these walks have an overall nature emphasis. These exciting opportunities are FREE to the public and provide observation, education and inspiration in our surrounding natural spaces. WREN staff and volunteers guide these walks. WREN is Willamette Education and Resource Network WREN Blog Site: http://wewwild.blogspot.com/ For more information call 541.338.7047 or email info@wewetlands.org Birding Walks: 3rd Saturday of each month Lane County Audubon Society http://www.laneaudubon.org/ LCAS hosts bird walks on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Scroll down on the main site page to find the next bird-walk listing Bird Walks; 2nd, 4th and 5th Thursdays BOGS (Birds of Oregon and General Science) BOGS Spring 2015 Calendar : http://priscillanhk.com/bogs-spring-2015-calendar.html Updates Page: Next walk/presentation and latest albums/reports: http://priscillanhk.com/updates.html Bird Walks at Mt Pisgah - Seasonal - See online Calendar Spring Bird Walk at Mt Pisgah Arboretum. Sun, May 10, 8:00am – 10:30am Mt Pisgah Arboretum CALENDAR OF EVENTS: http://www.mountpisgaharboretum.com/?page_id=519&hc_location=ufi Join Nature Guides Chris Roth and Julia Siporin for another monthly bird walk intended for people with all levels of birding experience. Meet at the Arboretum Visitor Center; rain or shine! We’ll use vocalizations, habitat, and behavior clues for identification of our spring and year-round residents. Come discover the Arboretum’s avian diversity. Please bring binoculars. $5 non-members, Members FREE. Option to continue the walk until noon for those who are interested. Mt. Pisgah Arboretum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mountpisgaharboretum ******************************************************************* Sources of information about birds being seen locally or regionally ******************************************************************* Online Postings every day OBOL Postings (hosted by Oregon Birding Association) Oregon Birders On-Line = OBOL http://birding.aba.org/maillist/OR01 This is a listserve used by many Western Oregon birders to report their bird sightings. Some of these posts are about rare birds, but many are simply reports of interesting sightings. You can read the latest postings right on the webpage (link above). Online database of bird sightings (eBird) Hosted by Cornell University Cornell's "eBird" Lane County recent bird sightings - listed chronologically: http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-OR-039?yr=all eBird Lane County Birding HOTSPOTS: http://ebird.org/ebird/subnational2/US-OR-039/hotspots?yr=all&m= Oregon Birding Info Online Birding Guide by County A state-wide compilation by local experts Click link below for information specific to LANE county birding http://birdingoregon.info/Home/LaneCounty/tabid/195/Default.aspx for Information specific to LANE county birding Introductory (home) page: http://birdingoregon.info/ Willamette Valley Birding Trail Guide Another great compilation by experts, of birding locations and the birds to be found there. http://www.willamettebirding.org/wvtrailguide.htm Click on one of the Trail LOOPS for a detailed description of what birds you may find at various places along the way. Introductory (home) page: http://www.willamettebirding.org/