Join us for a bird walk at Spokane Conservation District. This newly restored quarry is a hidden gem for a brief birding adventure. We have binoculars to loan, but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app or field guide, if you have one. Max 8 people.
8:00 am - 10:00 am | For bird watchers of all ages and abilities! Off road strollers are welcome.
8:30 am - 11:00 am | Join the Spokane Audubon Society and Dishman Hills Conservancy (DHC) for an exclusive opportunity to visit the Wilson Conservation area portion of the DHC.
8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Explore the biodiversity of Saltese Flats every 1st Wednesday of the month with birdwatcher Tim O’Brien.
8:00 am - 12:00 pm | Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see. Start at the Headquarters building parking lot then walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This bird walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Spokane Audubon Society will be partnering with Save Our Wild Salmon at Indian Painted Rocks for a low-key walk along the Little Spokane River with Spokane Tribe Salmon program coordinator Conor Giorgi.
7:00 am - 11:00 am | Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see. Start at the Headquarters building parking lot then walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This bird walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Join Spokane Audubon Society for a short bird walk around Big Barn Brewing Company’s Farm in Green Bluff. Following the walk, participants will gather in the private taphouse for no-host brews and a bird trivia game!
“Bird Bash” includes Friday dinner, overnight camp-style accommodations, Saturday breakfast and optional lunch, and lots of great birding, hiking, games, socializing, possibly canoeing and more for members and their families at minimal registration fees, supplemented by the chapter.
Meet for dinner and overnight in a Brewster, WA motel then go birding the following morning heading west over the Douglas Plateau until dark.
8:00 am - 11:00 am | Join us for a morning of birding with Pride!! Led by Spokane Audubon volunteer birder Emily Stark, this hike around Turnbull National Wildlife Preserve serves as an opportunity for people of all identities (and birding experience levels!) to come together to enjoy nature in a welcoming, inclusive, and affirming environment.
9:00 am - 2:00 pm | Join the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy performing various stewardship tasks like invasive species removal, trail maintenance, planting, and everything else in between at the Waikiki Springs Nature Preserve.
6:30 am - 9:30 am | Please join volunteer hike docent Liz Melville and birding expert Alan McCoy from Spokane Audubon Society on Tuesday, June 17th, for a hike around Slavin Conservation Area, where the wetlands and lakes entice native and migratory birds to rest and nest.
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Join Alan McCoy of the Spokane Audubon Society at the Indian Trail Public Library for a scaled back version of the presentation he gave on April 19th at Shadle Public Library called Birds and Birdhouses. Then he will assemble a pre-cut birdhouse suitable for either nuthatches or chickadees. The birdhouse will then be given away.
6:00 am - 2:00 pm | Meet-up at old Dean’s Diner parking lot in Reardan then carpool to the site west of Wilbur, WA for birding in a shrub-steppe riparian and upland habitat.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see in in the spring. Check it out here.
We have binoculars to loan but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app (download here) or field guide, if you have one.
All bird walks will start at the Headquarters building parking lot. We will walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Maximum of 10 participants. Contact Joe Cooney via email (jcooney805@gmail.com) or phone (509-951-3179) to sign up.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see in in the spring. Check it out here.
We have binoculars to loan but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app (download here) or field guide, if you have one.
All bird walks will start at the Headquarters building parking lot. We will walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Maximum of 10 participants. Contact Joe Cooney via email (jcooney805@gmail.com) or phone (509-951-3179) to sign up.
Leader(s): Lindell Haggin, 763-486-5627; lindell4118@comcast.net
Trip Description: This will be a walking trip on fairly level ground. I plan on spending about 3 hours to cover the area. If you need to leave sooner, you can easily return to the parking area on your own.
Maximum number of people: 8. Beginners welcome. RSVP by phone, text or email.
Where and When to Meet: Meet at the Indian Painted Rocks parking lot off of Rutter Parkway at 7:00am. A Discover Pass is necessary at the parking lot.
Target Species: Spotted Towhee, Western Bluebird, Bewick’s Wren, Canyon Wren, White-throated Swifts.
Spotted Towhee
Join Spokane Audubon Society for a short bird walk around Wildland Cooperative farm brewery, winery and market in Green Bluff. Participants will then gather in the taphouse for a no-host beverage service and a bird trivia game! Snacks are available for purchase and outside food is welcome. Non alcoholic beverages are available. A small number of binoculars will be available for check out. All ages are welcome and registration is not required—just show up!
Leader Name: Kim Thorburn
Contact Info and best way to contact: email kthorburn@msn.com
Registration date: No later than May 28, 2025
Level of Birder: Everyone is welcome
Length of Trip: 1/2 day
Trip Description: Walking on hiking trail with ascents
Meet-up time and location: 6:30 AM at Riverside State Park Carlson trailhead parking lot
Limits: 5 birders + leader
What to bring: Need Discover Pass, sturdy walking shoes, water, binoculars.
Description of Habitat and Target Species: Dry pine forest birding. Townsend’s solitaire; western bluebird; gray and western flycatchers; Nashville, orange-crowned, and yellow-rumped warblers; lazuli bunting; lark sparrow; Cassin’s finch, red crossbill.
Above: Cassin’s Finch, photographed by Patricia Ediger
Header: Western Flycatcher, photographed by Don Driscoll
Mallards, photographed by Ken Lower
Are you wanting to go birding but aren't sure where to start? Would you like to meet other beginning birders? If this sounds like you, join trip leaders Elliot Robison, Emily Stark, and Shenandoah Marr for a walk around Lincoln Park, located in the heart of Spokane's South Hill. Walk will be slow paced and parts of the park are paved making it accessible for everyone. Elliot has excellent plant identification skills and will point out spring wildflowers. Target species include Calliope hummingbirds, chipping sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, chickadees, nuthatches, pine siskins, Western tanagers, and Lazuli buntings. Trip size limited to 15 participants, please register by emailing conservation@spokaneaudubon.org
Binoculars will be available
Meet at the upper parking lot at 8:00am. We will finish up around 10:00am.
Join us for a fun field trip walking along Crab Creek and up on the ridge overlooking the creek. We have done this trip a couple times and we always see plenty of birds including migrating warblers and flycatchers, raptors including a Swainson’s hawk along with some oddities like the small flock of white-faced ibis that were barreling along the creek heading west.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see in in the spring. Check it out here.
We have binoculars to loan but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app (download here) or field guide, if you have one.
All bird walks will start at the Headquarters building parking lot. We will walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Maximum of 10 participants. Contact Joe Cooney via email (jcooney805@gmail.com) or phone (509-951-3179) to sign up.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see in in the spring. Check it out here.
We have binoculars to loan but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app (download here) or field guide, if you have one.
All bird walks will start at the Headquarters building parking lot. We will walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Maximum of 10 participants. Contact Joe Cooney via email (jcooney805@gmail.com) or phone (509-951-3179) to sign up.
Oak Titmouse, photographed by Frank Lospalluto
Elva Manquera-DeShields
The Klamath Bird Observatory near Ashland in southwest Oregon studies and conserves birds in the Pacific Northwest and throughout their migratory ranges. Elva Manquera-DeShields, who serves as the Observatory’s Science Communications, Outreach, and Conservation Partnerships Manager, will explain the science and role of birds as indicators that help inform natural resource management and nurtures an environmental ethic. She will describe the Observatory’s current projects on the Klamath Siskiyou Oak Network, Western Purple Martin, Oregon Vesper Sparrow, bird banding program, and Avian Knowledge Northwest.
Elva grew up in Oregon, received her bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Oregon State University studying herpetology, worked for the Oregon State Arthropod Collection, and volunteered on swallow surveys. While earning her Master’s in Environmental Education from Southern Oregon University, she interned with the Klamath Bird Observatory and has been on the staff full-time now for three years. One of her favorite parts of her job is getting to work with the community and introduce them to the wonderful world of birds and whatever other creature crosses their path during a bird walk.
This meeting will be a “hybrid” – you can attend in-person or virtually online. If participating in-person, please arrive around 5:45pm for our usual meet-and-greet. Our speaker will be presenting via Zoom.
To participate via Zoom, simply link to the meeting before 6:00pm by clicking here and following the instructions. If you already have the Zoom app installed on your computer, you can directly enter the Meeting ID of 865 1754 6679 and the passcode of 302788.
Join Madonna Luers and Woody Myers the second Saturdays of Spring -- March 8, April 12, and May 10 -- to watch the procession of migrating species at Reardan Audubon Lake Wildlife Area just outside the town of Reardan in Lincoln County, just west of Spokane (350 E Railroad Ave Reardan, WA, see map below)
This is an easy, family-friendly gathering starting with a brief introduction to the area and spotting waterfowl species on the lake from the parking lot, then a quarter-mile walk on an ADA-accessible pathway to a viewing blind where scopes will be available to help participants see birds.
Expect to see a variety of ducks, geese and other waterbirds, as well as raptors such as Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, and Bald Eagle, plus a few songbirds.
Trumpeter Swans, photographed by Cortney Litwin
Join Richard and Sandy Sollie, along with their 6-year old granddaughter, on a child-friendly walk through Turnbull Wildlife Refuge. The pace will be suitable for all ages and the emphasis of this adventure is fun!
Get a bit of exercise and enjoy a relaxed introduction to birding as we walk the Pine Lakes route and the hiking trails near the Wildlife Refuge’s Headquarters where you will meet your guides, Richard and Sandy Sollie. The Pine Lakes Trail is flat and easy to navigate for all abilities.
Please bring binoculars, cameras, etc. to help you see the birds clearer. If you don’t have this equipment, we’ll have a scope and a couple extra pairs of binoculars available for those who would like to borrow them.
During the walk, the Sollie’s will assist you in locating the amazing variety of birds we have in the Inland Northwest. You will see a variety of ducks and geese and may even get lucky and see some swans. You will certainly find a variety of beautiful songbirds such as bluebirds, swallows, chickadees, nuthatches, and blackbirds. Don’t worry if you don’t know what these species are yet, the Sollie’s will help you find and identify them. Soon you’ll begin to notice them on your own and before you know it, you’ll be on your way to finding them during your own local outings!
Exposing children and their families to birding is especially important to the Sollie’s. Their passion and patience will make even novices comfortable. We hope you can join them!
You can let the Sollie’s know if you’re planning on attending by email (contactme@richardsollie.com) or phone (509-981-9003).
The Pine Lakes Trail is flat and easy to navigate for all abilities. Photo: the Sollie’s
Join us at the Shadle Public Library annual plant swap event.3 In addition to the plant swapping Spokane Audubon is having a membership drive beginning at this plant swap event. We have a basket of goodies to raffle off that includes several items donated by Wild Birds Unlimited as well as a few more donated by members.
Join Spokane Audubon Society and many other organizations as we celebrate Earth Day. If you want to get your hands dirty, you can by planting some trees! If you just want to get outside and enjoy the day with friends or family or both, you can do that too! Come on out and join the fun! The Turnbull NWR is always a rewarding adventure.
Spokane Audubon will have a table and we are having a new member drive featuring a raffle of bird-related items.
Precious Things Fermentation Project, 8403 N. Bruce Road Spokane 99217
Birder Level: Everyone, especially beginners *age 16 and older please
Description: This unique event will start with a short nature walk on established forest trails, looking for and talking about birds for an hour or less. Then we’ll gather at the (heated) taphouse for some no-host beverages (including non-alcoholic choices). We’ll then learn more about birds by playing some Birding Trivia games with prizes.
Target species: Nuthatches, chickadees, woodpeckers
What to bring: Curiosity, good walking shoes, food if desired for post-walk session, cash or cards for beer/wine/beverage purchases, sharp wits for birding trivia competition. Some binoculars will be available, but bring your own if you have some.
Questions? Email conservation@spokaneaudubon.org
Building a birdhouse is easy if you have the tools and some wood. Deciding what kind of birdhouse to build and knowing all the details you need to consider is a bit more involved. The dimensions of the box is determined by the species of bird that is likely to use the box. The location, orientation, and height of the nest box are just a few aspects to the project.
Join Alan McCoy at the Shadle Park Public Library at 1 pm on April 19, 2025 for a presentation on birdhouses as he explains all the things you need to consider before you even buy your wood.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see in in the spring. Check it out here.
We have binoculars to loan but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app (download here) or field guide, if you have one.
All bird walks will start at the Headquarters building parking lot. We will walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Maximum of 10 participants. Contact Joe Cooney via email (jcooney805@gmail.com) or phone (509-951-3179) to sign up.
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has a rich and varied landscape with many birds to see in in the spring. Check it out here.
We have binoculars to loan but bring your own if you have them. Wear good walking shoes and bring an identification app (download here) or field guide, if you have one.
All bird walks will start at the Headquarters building parking lot. We will walk the Stubblefield Trail and hook up with the Pine Lakes Loop Trail. This walk takes about 2 or 3 hours, but you are welcome to leave early.
Maximum of 10 participants. Contact Joe Cooney via email (jcooney805@gmail.com) or phone (509-951-3179) to sign up.
Join Madonna Luers and Woody Myers the second Saturdays of Spring -- March 8, April 12, and May 10 -- to watch the procession of migrating species at Reardan Audubon Lake Wildlife Area just outside the town of Reardan in Lincoln County, just west of Spokane (350 E Railroad Ave Reardan, WA, see map below)
This is an easy, family-friendly gathering starting with a brief introduction to the area and spotting waterfowl species on the lake from the parking lot, then a quarter-mile walk on an ADA-accessible pathway to a viewing blind where scopes will be available to help participants see birds.
Expect to see a variety of ducks, geese and other waterbirds, as well as raptors such as Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, and Bald Eagle, plus a few songbirds.
Save-A-Bird team volunteers respond to requests from the public for help with injured, sick, or vulnerable birds in the Spokane County area. Mike Borysewicz will present an update on this effort, which has been underway since 2021. Mike is a team co-chair, SAS board member, and retired USDA Forest Service wildlife biologist.
In 2024 team volunteers responded to 370 separate incidents. The team logged 343 hours for this effort, drove 4,368 miles, and received $1,595 in mileage reimbursements. In most cases, team members simply provided advice / coaching to the reporting parties. A total of 90 cases required physical intervention by the team members, usually involving bird captures and transports to cooperating veterinarians. Thirty percent of the cases involved collisions with windows, vehicles, and other infrastructure; 20 percent were falls from nests or fledglings on the ground; 10 percent involved cats or dogs; and nine percent were “abandoned” or “lost” birds. Reported incidents included a total of 56 native bird species such as crows, robins, great horned owls, red-tailed hawks and geese, and nine non-native or domestic species such as pigeons and starlings.
Mike warns that although his presentation has some “happy endings,” it also includes photos and descriptions of injured, diseased, and dead birds.
This meeting will be a “hybrid” – you can attend in-person or virtually online. If participating in-person, please arrive around 5:45pm for our usual meet-and-greet. Our speaker will be presenting in-person.
To participate via Zoom, simply link to the meeting before 6:00pm by clicking here and following the instructions. If you already have the Zoom app installed on your computer, you can directly enter the Meeting ID of 823 3479 6176 and the passcode of 143061.
OTHELLO, Washington –-The 27th annual festival will be held March 21, 22, and 23, 2025 in Othello, Washington. With the celebration of the spring migration of the Sandhill cranes, the festival offers a variety of events for the whole family to enjoy and learn. Online registration opens on Saturday, February 1, 2025. Some tours sell out quickly, so check the website early! The Festival’s location is at the Othello Church of the Nazarene, located at 835 S 10th Ave, Othello, Washington, and next door at McFarland Middle School.
Our March 12 meeting will feature a panel of local environmental group leaders discussing individual and collaborative work on issues. The panelists, who will each make brief presentations about their organization’s mission, accomplishments, and goals before a question-and-answer discussion session, are:
Ruth Gifford, executive director of Dishman Hills Conservancy, which permanently protects and manages the Dishman Hills Natural Area and ecosystem while connecting people to nature through conservation, education, recreation, and stewardship;
Dave Schaub, executive director of Inland Northwest Land Conservancy, which works with the community to identify and protect special places throughout the region using legal agreements with landowners and partners to improve lands for habitat, clean water and air, native plants, and public enjoyment
Amanda Parrish, executive director of The Lands Council, which preserves and revitalizes Inland Northwest forests, water, and wildlife through advocacy, education, effective action, and community engagement;
Jule Schultz, Waterkeeper of Spokane Riverkeeper, which protects, preserves, and restores the Spokane River watershed so that wild native fish thrive, pollution is eliminated, and the community is engaged
