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| Field Trips & Bird Walks |
| Rogue Valley Audubon Society PO Box 8597 Medford, OR 97501 roguevalleyaudubonsociety@gmail.com roguevalleyaudubon.org |
| Something to ponder: "The last word of ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?' If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not. If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like, but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." Aldo Leopold, The Sand County Almanac |
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Note: Field trips and bird walks are free* and open to the public,
including beginners and newcomers. Dates and times are subject
to change. Bring your own food and water. Binoculars are very
useful. Carpooling is encouraged, and carpoolers are encouraged
to share expenses for gasoline. Prepare and dress for the climate
and the day's weather forecast; wear sturdy shoes and expect
some walking on most trips. Contact the field trip leader for more
information pertaining to a specific trip. Field trips are subject to
change so check before going either this web site or call the Field
Trip Chair.
*Some special fund-raising field trips and birding events will have
modest donation requests or fees.
Dog Policy: RVAS prefers that dogs are not present on bird walks.
This is to ensure that all participants are happy and comfortable.
Participants who do bring their dog on an outing are requested to
keep the dog in the car. Thank you for your cooperation.
Field Trip Coordinator: Open
The Field Trips:
First Wednesday Bird Walk in the Denman Wildlife
Management Area
Next walk: March 7, 2012, 8:30 am
On the first Wednesday of every month RVAS conducts a bird walk
in the Denman WMA near White City.
The walk lasts about 3 hours and covers about 3 miles. The original
route along Little Butte Creek has been changed due ongoing work to
redirect the creek. Meet at the Agate Road entrance gate to the WMA by
8:25 am. If you come later, you will need your own key to open the gate.
This is an ongoing citizen science project to record the numbers of the
different species observed by the walk participants and enter the data in
the Cornell Ornithological Laboratory's e-bird database. You don't need
to be an experienced birder to join in, but taking part will help you become
one.
Coordinator and leader of the first Wednesday walk is Murray Orr (541-
857-9050, mworr2@charter.net). Please contact Murray if you are willing
to help him with these tasks, for example, by leading the walk when he is
not available, opening and closing the entrance gate on walk days, or
helping him record bird sightings during the walk.
Feb 4: Field Trip to Klamath Basin
Raptors and waterfowl were the featured targets February 4, when Jeff
Tufts led an all-day RVAS field trip to the Klamath Basin. Here is the
species list from the trip.
FEEDERWATCH NOW UNDER WAY
If you are not conducting your own feeder watch bird count, join RVAS at
North Mountain Park in Ashland or at Jefferson Nature Center in Medford.
The identification and count is held from 9 a.m.to 10 am on Saturdays
alternating between the two sites. A experienced birder will be on hand to
help identify the birds. This is the schedule.
Ashland: Feb. 4 & 18; Mar. 3 & 17.
Medford: Feb. 11 & 25; Mar. 10 & 24
Join Feederwatch at Cornell
Bear Creek Habitat Project
February 11, 10 am - 2 pm at the end of Spencer Street.
Volunteer Planting, Tour and Group Discussion of RVAS's 4-acre project
to clear and replant an area along Bear Creek for fish, bird and other
wildlife habitat improvement. Lomakatsi, the non-profit organization that is
coordinating the work, with grant funds obtained by RVAS from Toyota, is
hosting this work party and open house.
To get to the site in Medford, turn onto 12th Street and between the
freeway viaduct and Bear Creek turn south on Spencer Street that dead
ends at the entrance to the project.
April 15 (Sunday): Whitehorse County Park (Grants Pass).
Leaders: Fran Taylor and Dennis Vroman. Meet at the park boat ramp.
Early risers can come at 7 am and bird for an hour in the vicinity of the
boat ramp; later arrivals should get to the boat ramp by 8 am to bird the
rest of the park. Click on the following link Whitehorse County Park
Species to access a species list recorded in the park on April 1, 2001
Directions to the park: From Medford, take I-5 to 2nd Grants Pass exit,
No. 58. From the off-ramp, turn left onto 6th street & drive south through
town to 'G' Street. Right on 'G' Street & continue west until it becomes
Upper River Road, continue west until it merges into Lower River Road,
then left into the Whitehorse County Park entrance. Total distance from
Grants Pass exit is about 9-1/2 miles. The fee to park in the County Park
itself (by the picnic shelter) is $4.00 per car; if folks drive on through to
the boat ramp area, there is no fee because that is BLM property, not
County Park.
Further info & maps for the park & environs at: Whitehorse County Park.
including beginners and newcomers. Dates and times are subject
to change. Bring your own food and water. Binoculars are very
useful. Carpooling is encouraged, and carpoolers are encouraged
to share expenses for gasoline. Prepare and dress for the climate
and the day's weather forecast; wear sturdy shoes and expect
some walking on most trips. Contact the field trip leader for more
information pertaining to a specific trip. Field trips are subject to
change so check before going either this web site or call the Field
Trip Chair.
*Some special fund-raising field trips and birding events will have
modest donation requests or fees.
Dog Policy: RVAS prefers that dogs are not present on bird walks.
This is to ensure that all participants are happy and comfortable.
Participants who do bring their dog on an outing are requested to
keep the dog in the car. Thank you for your cooperation.
Field Trip Coordinator: Open
The Field Trips:
First Wednesday Bird Walk in the Denman Wildlife
Management Area
Next walk: March 7, 2012, 8:30 am
On the first Wednesday of every month RVAS conducts a bird walk
in the Denman WMA near White City.
The walk lasts about 3 hours and covers about 3 miles. The original
route along Little Butte Creek has been changed due ongoing work to
redirect the creek. Meet at the Agate Road entrance gate to the WMA by
8:25 am. If you come later, you will need your own key to open the gate.
This is an ongoing citizen science project to record the numbers of the
different species observed by the walk participants and enter the data in
the Cornell Ornithological Laboratory's e-bird database. You don't need
to be an experienced birder to join in, but taking part will help you become
one.
Coordinator and leader of the first Wednesday walk is Murray Orr (541-
857-9050, mworr2@charter.net). Please contact Murray if you are willing
to help him with these tasks, for example, by leading the walk when he is
not available, opening and closing the entrance gate on walk days, or
helping him record bird sightings during the walk.
Feb 4: Field Trip to Klamath Basin
Raptors and waterfowl were the featured targets February 4, when Jeff
Tufts led an all-day RVAS field trip to the Klamath Basin. Here is the
species list from the trip.
FEEDERWATCH NOW UNDER WAY
If you are not conducting your own feeder watch bird count, join RVAS at
North Mountain Park in Ashland or at Jefferson Nature Center in Medford.
The identification and count is held from 9 a.m.to 10 am on Saturdays
alternating between the two sites. A experienced birder will be on hand to
help identify the birds. This is the schedule.
Ashland: Feb. 4 & 18; Mar. 3 & 17.
Medford: Feb. 11 & 25; Mar. 10 & 24
Join Feederwatch at Cornell
Bear Creek Habitat Project
February 11, 10 am - 2 pm at the end of Spencer Street.
Volunteer Planting, Tour and Group Discussion of RVAS's 4-acre project
to clear and replant an area along Bear Creek for fish, bird and other
wildlife habitat improvement. Lomakatsi, the non-profit organization that is
coordinating the work, with grant funds obtained by RVAS from Toyota, is
hosting this work party and open house.
To get to the site in Medford, turn onto 12th Street and between the
freeway viaduct and Bear Creek turn south on Spencer Street that dead
ends at the entrance to the project.
April 15 (Sunday): Whitehorse County Park (Grants Pass).
Leaders: Fran Taylor and Dennis Vroman. Meet at the park boat ramp.
Early risers can come at 7 am and bird for an hour in the vicinity of the
boat ramp; later arrivals should get to the boat ramp by 8 am to bird the
rest of the park. Click on the following link Whitehorse County Park
Species to access a species list recorded in the park on April 1, 2001
Directions to the park: From Medford, take I-5 to 2nd Grants Pass exit,
No. 58. From the off-ramp, turn left onto 6th street & drive south through
town to 'G' Street. Right on 'G' Street & continue west until it becomes
Upper River Road, continue west until it merges into Lower River Road,
then left into the Whitehorse County Park entrance. Total distance from
Grants Pass exit is about 9-1/2 miles. The fee to park in the County Park
itself (by the picnic shelter) is $4.00 per car; if folks drive on through to
the boat ramp area, there is no fee because that is BLM property, not
County Park.
Further info & maps for the park & environs at: Whitehorse County Park.
Great Blue Heron at Denman WMA
- Photo by Robert D. Mumby
- Photo by Robert D. Mumby