This is a virtual course hosted by TreeSong Nature Awareness & Retreat Center will host a virtual course on winter bird feeding basics from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11. Longtime birder and teacher Laura Whittemore will lead the class. Whittemore holds a BA in Biology from Lewis and Clark College and has traveled in […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness Center presents a virtual class, "All About Hummingbirds," with instructor Laura Whittemore, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. April 22. Learn about Pacific Northwest hummingbirds as well as other North and South American species. Students will come away with an even greater appreciation for these tiny birds, plus tips on how to invite […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a virtual class, "Birding by Ear: Migrant Birds" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. May 21. Instructor Laura Whittemore will help students identify birds by their distinct voices. Meet some of the widespread songbirds of the Northwest, hear their songs and get tips on how to listen to […]
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. Jan. 22. Attendees will learn more about who the corvids are and why they deserve respect, including how to tell such birds apart from one another. Longtime […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness Center presents "The Artful Field Journal Series: Watercolors in the Wild" with Andie Thrams. This is a continuing series of monthly online classes for field journal keepers, plein air artists and painters to paint with increasing ease both indoors and out. The second class is 9:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 11. Step-by-step […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a virtual class, "Winter Birds of the Pacific Northwest Coast," from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12. Murres, loons, scoters, guillemots, turnstones and oystercatchers frequent our rocky shores, offshore waters and quiet bays. Learn how to spot them and where to find them from instructor Laura Whittemore […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an all-day birding trip to the Oregon Coast on Feb. 25. Instructor Laura Whittemore will lead participants in walking explorations of bays, […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a virtual class, "Owls of the Pacific Northwest" from 6 to 7:30 p.m. March 5. Owls never fail to fascinate and amaze us and an encounter with one is always memorable. Instructor Laura Whittemore will introduce students to the owls of the Pacific Northwest and offer tips […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness Center presents "Watercolors in the Wild" with Andie Thrams. Part 1 of this course will be held online from 9:30 a.m. to noon March 11. This is a continuing series of monthly online classes for field journal keepers, plein air artists and painters to paint with increasing ease both indoors and out. […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a Art Embraces Nature Multimedia Art Class from 1 to 4 p.m. March 19. Anna Wiancko-Chasman will lead this two-part class focusing on the synthesis of clay and other art materials, found objects and natural items such as wood, sticks, mosses, stones and more. Participants are encouraged […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a virtual class, "Birding by Ear: Resident Birds" from 9 to 10:30 a.m. March 25. Instructor Laura Whittemore will help students identify birds by their distinct voices. Meet some of the widespread songbirds of the Northwest, hear their songs and get tips on how to listen to […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host a Art Embraces Nature Multimedia Art Class from 1 to 4 p.m. March 19. Anna Wiancko-Chasman will lead this two-part class focusing on the synthesis of clay and other art materials, found objects and natural items such as wood, sticks, mosses, stones and more. Participants are encouraged […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center will host an online warbler workshop from 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 2. Longtime birder and teacher Laura Whittemore will lead this virtual class on warblers. Each spring, millions of warblers migrate to North America from Central and South America to breed, giving us little time each year to […]
TreeSong Nature Awareness and Retreat Center, will host an online class "Birding at the Mount St. Helens National Monument" from 7 to 8 p.m. April 5. The course will walk attendees through the diverse mosaic of habitats created by the 1980 eruption and learn about where to see some of Mount St. Helen’s signature birds. […]