TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an online birding class "Meet Your Summer Neighborhood and Feeder Birds" from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The course will discuss summer migrant birds, hummingbirds, and baby birds likely to be seen in backyards around the area. Attendees will get to know what birds to expect around neighborhood […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness Center will offer "Introduction to Wildlife Tracking" from 1 to 5 p.m. May 13 and again from 1 to 5 p.m. June 24 in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This is a half-day class to introduce the art and science of visual tracking in the wild. Class will meet in the Gifford […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host this online class on the diversity of local wetland birds from 6 to 7:30 p.m. June 25. Longtime birder and teacher Laura Whittemore will lead this class where attendees will get to know the incredible diversity of birds that inhabit our many wet places. From the large […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a virtual class, "Little Brown Birds (Spring and Summer)" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 7. Instructor Laura Whittemore will help students learn about resident brown birds like song sparrow, house finch and Bewick's wren as well as seasonal visitors like Swainson’s thrush. Students will also learn […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness & Retreat Center will host a virtual course on corvids, the family of birds that includes crows, ravens and jays, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 16. Attendees will learn more about who the corvids are and why they deserve respect, including how to tell such birds apart from one another. Birder […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an online class about Forest Birds from 6 to 7:30 p.m. July 30. Mature Pacific Northwest forests host birds that are uniquely adapted to live in, on, and among trees. They’re cryptically colored, have tree-clinging feet, use specialized feeding techniques, and more. Attend this class to learn […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an online birding class from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 5. In many bird species, the sexes look pretty much the same to us: think sparrows, wrens, crows, jays, herons, gulls, most hawks, and more. And in the species that do look different, females often sport plain […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an online birding class "10 Birds To Know" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13. This course will cover ten species that are easily found and will give attendees practice in observation and listening. Meet backyard birds like the Song Sparrow, Northern Flicker, and California Scrub-Jay along […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness Center will offer an online course, "Pacific Northwest Woodpeckers," from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 16 led by instructor Laura Whittemore. Woodpeckers are one of the most specialized birds in North America, and the Pacific Northwest hosts as many as 12 species, depending on habitat. They lives their lives in and on […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness Center and WolfWays Wolf Education are hosting an online workshop about wolves from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 21. This class is designed for adults and older children. The cost is $10 to $20. Registration is required at treesongnatureawareness.org/class-registration/the-world-of-wolves-with-wolfways-23. The program will include: Wolf biology, behavior and physical characteristics Wolf pack dynamics […]