Been Birding Lately?

A group of birding acquaintances got together this week for a birding walk in a lovely riparian area along a stream with beaver ponds and a multi faceted canopy of aspens and cottonwood, willows and dogwoods, pines and douglas fir trees. One side of the stream had a long open hillside. One couple who brought the group together played their iPod based bird calls for all of us to learn the various warblers and other neotropical migrants in the area. It was a delightful morning of good company and good birds, even with marginal weather.

During the course of the walk we discussed doing this regularly over the summer and at the end of the day we came up with a list of dates when we will meet again for bird walks. Feel free to join us. We will visit various places around the Methow. We do not have a ‘leader’. None of us are real ‘expert’ birders. All birding abilities are welcome and we hope to learn from one another.

We will meet at the MVSTA parking lot next to Winthrop Physical Therapy and Fitness Center at 7:30 on June 15 and 23, July 6 and August 9. Should we vary from these dates and times, we will post changes to this blog and the NCW Audubon website. If you have any questions, let us know.

Are you organizing bird walks in your area? If so, email them to webmaster@ncwaudubon.org for inclusion on the blog and website!