2025 SACAJAWEA AUDUBON SOCIETY SPRING BIRDING WORKSHOPS with ASHLEY MARTENS

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Beginning Birding in Forest & Field 3-week Series

Learn to identify and appreciate bird families, common birds in our region, and what to look and listen for when seeking out the identity of a bird. Meet new friends to go birding with!

Classroom: Wednesday evenings, May 14, May 28, & June 18 (5:30–7pm) 

Field Trips: Friday (Section A) or Saturday (Section B) mornings May 16/17, May 30/31, June 20/21

Cost: $100 members; $125 non-members

Cavity Nesters

Learn all about the woodpeckers, nuthatches, and others who excavate cavities and those who use them again.

Dates: Thurs., May 8th (5:30–7:00 pm) & Sat., May 10th (7:30–10:30 am) 

Cost: $55 members; $70 non-members 

Warblers

Learn to identify differences between these wonderfully flashy, fidgety little birds by focusing on plumage, habitat, songs and calls.

Dates: Wed., May 21st (5:30–7:00 pm) and Sat., May 24th (7–10am) 

Cost: $55 members; $70 non-members 

Birding By Ear: Thrushes and Other Songsters 

Learn a variety of techniques to help you identify the bird sounds you hear.

Dates: Wed., June 4th (5:30–7:00 pm) & Sat., June 7th (7–10am)

Cost: $55 members; $70 nonmembers 

 Sparrows & Allies 

Learn to appreciate the little brown birds’ subtle beauty and differences by focusing on plumage, habitat, and songs and calls.

Dates: Wed., June 11th (5:30–7:00 pm) & Sun., June 15th (7–10am)

Cost: $55 members; $70 nonmembers

Art & Science of Bird Language

Learn how and why birds are the messaging system of the forest! Join naturalists Ashley Martens and Cedar Mathers-Winn and you’ll never hear the forest the same again.

Dates: Wed., June 25th (6:00–8:00 pm) & Sat., June 28th (7–10am) 

Cost: $75 members; $90 non-members 

BIG BEAKED BIRDS: FINCHES, GROSBEAKS, AND MORE!

NEW! Learn to identify and appreciate the birds with big beaks and varied plumage by sight, sound, and habitat.

Dates: Thurs., June 26th (6:00–7:30 pm) & Sun., June 29th (7:00 –10:00 am)

Cost: $55 members; $70 non-members

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