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1 PM Birdwatching Excursion - North Star Village - In person, Outdoors
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Bird watching Excursion - North Star Village - In person, Outdoors
When: Thursday, October 26th, 2023, 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Where: Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, SE 7th Ave and Sellwood Blvd, Portland 97202 [For a map of the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge location, click on the Google Map icon below.]
Description: This 185-acre refuge protects Oaks Bottom, a floodplain wetland along the Eastern side of the Willamette in SE Portland that was once slated for landfill and industrial development. Marsh, wet woods and meadows, and open water make for excellent diversity both in the landscape and the bird life—the latter includes 157 annually recorded species. This is one of the most popular sites in Portland for viewing migrating and wintering waterfowl, as well as Ospreys, and Great Blue Herons from a massive rookery on nearby Ross Island. Wetland and woodland songbirds abound.
Birds You Might See or Hear: Northern Pintail, Great Blue Heron, American Coot, Osprey, Red-winged Blackbird, Wood Duck, Brown Creeper.
[https://www.portland.gov/parks/oaks-bottom-wildlife-refuge]
Public Transit: The entrance area is ⅓ of a mile from a stop on TriMet’s bus 70 to Milwaukee on Southeast 13thAve and Selwood, ¾ of a mile from a stop on the 19 bus going to Downtown Portland at Southeast Bybee and Milwaukee, ¾ of a mile from the Northbound 70 stop at Southeast 17thAve and Rex, ¾ of a mile from a stop on the 19 bus from downtown at Southeast Bybee and Southeast 17thAve.
Trail Accessibility: There are extensive paved and wheelchair accessible trails, as well as dirt paths. Trails can be muddy where not paved.
Please RSVP to Anjala Ehelebe at [email protected] so she will know to wait for you. When you RSVP, Anjala will suggest some items for you to bring, if you have them.
For the location of Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, click on the Google Map icon below.
Event Contact(s)
Frost Johnson
Category
Non-RWV Events of Interest
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