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Note: Field trips are free to Rainier Audubon members.
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Alki and West
Seattle |
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Date: |
Saturday, February 13 |
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Time: |
8:00 AM to about 2:00 PM |
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Leader: |
Amy Schillinger |
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Come with Amy to visit West
Seattle parks and the Alki shoreline. This should be a great time of year to
look for seaducks, shorebirds, grebes, Brant Geese, Harlequin Ducks, winter
birds, and resident Bald Eagles. We may stop at the Alki Bakery. |
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BRING: Lunch, snacks, and
drinks, and clothing for possible rain or wind. Bring a scope if you have
one.
MEET: At the Uwajimaya
store in the Renton Village Shopping Center.
DIRECTIONS: Hwy. 167 ends
at Grady Way. (Or from 405, turn north to Renton on Rainier Ave.). At the
first light (Grady Way), take a right. Uwajimaya will be two lights down the
road on the right-hand side. Meet at the picnic tables at the front of the
store.
SIGN-UP: Contact
Amy by email or by phone at (206) 992-8699.
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Soos Creek Owl Prowl |
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Date: |
Saturday night, February 27 |
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Time: |
10:30 PM to 1:30 AM |
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Leader: |
Joe and Liz Miles |
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Join Friends of Soos
Creek Park volunteers Joe and Liz Miles for this late-night
program and walk exploring the world of owls. |
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We'll start indoors for the
first hour learning calls, ID, and info about our local owls, then venture
outdoors to prowl for owls. There is limited space for this program.
Reservations are required. Best for adults and children over 13 years. Group
size is limited to 15. The owls program is sponsored by Kent City Recreation
Dept.
MEET: Soos Creek Park
Maintenance Shop. Soos Creek Park/Trail, 24810 - 148th Ave. SE.
DIRECTIONS: Take James St.
east from Kent. To reach James, exit I-167 at Willis, turn east to Central
and north to James. Travel east on James as it becomes SE 240th St. In about
4 miles, 240th dips and turns downhill. Turn right (south) on 148th Ave.
near the bottom of the hill.The Soos Creek maintenance yard will be down the
road about 1/4 mile on the left at a barn and chainlink-fenced parking lot.
SIGN-UP:
Call Kent Commons at (253) 856-5000. This trip FILLS EARLY so register in
advance! For further information, email
Joe or call him at (253) 639-0123. He can answer your questions, but
cannot arrange sign-ups.
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Nisqually National
Wildlife Refuge |
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Date: |
Saturday, March 6 |
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Time: |
8:00 AM to approximately Noon |
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Leader: |
Shep Thorp |
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Check out the changes on the NEW
DIKE and get reqcquainted with this local jewel. We will be looking for
raptors, bittern/heron, waterfowl, owl, shrike, shorebirds, gulls,
passerines, and migrants. We will meet at the Visitor Center pond overlook
at 8:00 AM. The walk is approximately two miles. Please wear warm clothing
and be prepared for rain. it can become breezy and cold on the dike.
MEET: At the Visitor Center
Pond Overlook.
DIRECTIONS: Take I-5 south
from Tacoma and exit to Nisqually NWR at exit 114. Take a right at the
light, or go the Nisqually website. |
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SIGN-UP:
Contact Shep by email or by phone at
(253) 370-3742. |
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Othello Sandhill
Crane Festival |
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Date: |
Friday-Sunday, March 26-28 |
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Location: |
Othello, WA |
The Othello Sandhill Crane
Festival is a wonderful birding festival in eastern Washington. The FIELD
TRIPS and lectures are excellent, quite a few participants and speakers come
from out of state. The field trips leave in school buses, vans, and cars
from the high school. The banquet program is exciting and fun and the food
is good. Registration
and tour information avilable online or by calling 1-866-726-3445 toll
free (after 4 PM). The most pouplar trips and accommodations fill
early, so register ASAP. For more information about the festival, call or
email Carol Schulz, (206)
824-7618. |
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Wednesday Morning
Bird Walks at Nisqually |
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Date: |
Every Wednesday |
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Time: |
8:00 AM to 11:30 Noon |
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Leader: |
Phil Kelley |
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Phil's bird walk routes
changed in the spring of this year. The boardwalk loop, including the twin
barns and riparian overlook, is now the only area open to the public due to
construction. Even so, birding has been good. For more information about
trail closures, click here.
Join Phil on his weekly
walk as he counts the birds at Nisqually. The group takes the
boardwalk/trail loop out to the twin barns, the Nisqually overlook area, and
the riparian area, totaling about two miles.
BRING: Good walking shoes or
boots, raingear, water, snacks, and $3 entry fee unless you have a pass.
Scopes are welcome. |
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MEET: At the Visitor Center.
DIRECTIONS: Take I-5 south
from Tacoma and exit to Nisqually NWR at exit 114. Take a right at the
light.
SIGN-UP:
Email Phil or call to confirm:
(360) 459-1499.
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