Join ornithologist and birding guide Nate Trimble to encounter the many amazing birds who breed along Bear Creek, and their changing habitats along the creek as it recovers from the Almeda Fire. We will meet at the parking area at the end of Wastewater Treatment Plant Rd., right off of Oak St. near the intersection of Oak and Eagle Mill Rd. This will be a great opportunity to see the ongoing recovery of vegetation along Bear Creek so far, and to find colorful breeding riparian migrants such as Yellow-breasted Chats, Bullock’s Orioles, and Yellow Warblers. This walk will also be a good opportunity for those wishing to practice birding by ear, as Nate will focus much of the walk on pointing out bird songs and other sounds. We will walk out and back on the paved Greenway path, along the transects of the Ashland section of the Bear Creek Community Bird Survey. For more information, contact Nate Trimble at nateltrimble@hotmail.com.
DATE: Saturday, May 21
TIME: 8:00-10:00 am
COST: Free

Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:00 pm
Pandemic Birding with Jim Livaudais

Perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic kept you at home for most of the past two years. You got a lot of backyard birding in. Or, you drove all around Jackson County and took great photos of local birds. Then, when things started getting better and your trips weren’t being canceled, you hopped on a plane and went to Ghana or Ecuador or Costa Rica. That’s what Jim Livaudais did, and he’s here to share some of his best photos with us…(cue the air horns)…LIVE AND IN PERSON!

Location: Medford Congregational Church of Christ- Lidgate Hall, 1801 E. Jackson St., Medford
Time: 7:00 pm (coffee/tea/cookies will be served beginning at 6:30 pm)

First Wednesday Bird Walk has resumed at the Denman Wildlife Area. Walks begin at 8:30 am and end before noon. Jim Hostick is the leader. The gate will be open from 8:00 – 8:20 am. Participants need to purchase an ODFW Area Parking Permit at the ODFW Office, Sportsman Warehouse on Delta Waters and Highway 62 in Medford, or at Bi-Mart. We request that all participants be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Directions to meeting spot: We will meet at the entrance off Agate Rd. between 1/4 and 1/2 mile past the fire station on the left side of the road. Coming out Table Rock Rd., turn right on Antelope Rd. and go to the light on Agate Rd. and turn left. The fire station will be on your left at the corner of Ave. G and Agate Rd. Go 1/4 to /12 mile past the fire station and the gate will be on your left. Coming out on Highway 62 to Antelope Rd., turn left and go to the next light. Turn right and continue to the gate on Agate Rd.

10th Annual Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival.

Online registration opens April 9 at 8 am PDT. The Festival is headquartered in beautiful Sisters, Oregon and takes place June 2-5, 2022. This is a very popular festival and most tours fill very quickly, sometimes within a day of registration opening. This year, participants have a choice of fourteen guided tours in search of 11 different woodpecker species and 200 other birds that make central Oregon a birding hot spot.

East Cascades Audubon Society (ECAS) sponsors the Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival, which offers a fun, friendly, casual atmosphere that is all about the birds. The trips are affordable, limited in size and guided by two local volunteers. The proceeds support ECAS education and conservation projects. Proof of Covid 19 vaccination and masking up in the carpools is required.

Tour details, registration and more information are at http://www.ecaudubon.org/dean-hale-woodpecker-festival Questions can be directed to Gordon Wetzel at DHWF2022@gmail.com.