Birding walk
Birding walk and non-hierarchal knowledge sharing space for women, trans (trans men + trans women) and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Walks, taken at a slow pace, usually range between 1-2 miles and 2-3 hours. Every walk is different and each is catered to the unique needs of those attending. We encourage communication and want to offer accommodations; if you have special needs or requests please feel free to reach out to us! Email birdhers@gmail.com
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for community announcements, events and questions.
Location: Whitaker Ponds Natural Area
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Mt. Tabor Reservoir 5
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Powell Butte meet at Ellis St Trailhead aka Blacktail Deer Trail at SE 145th and Se Ellis St
Camas Planting
Stewardship opportunity with Portland Parks and Rec. Join us to plant Camas, a special “first food” at Oak’s Bottom Wildlife Refuge in an area of Oaks Bottom not usually accessible to the public. We’ll meet at the north trailhead entrance. This parking lot is very small, please carpool if you can and overflow parking available along SE Milwaukie or SE Mitchell. Dress in warm flexible layers with sturdy shoes. This event is free and open to womin, trans and non-binary people, please register at the link below. Tools, gloves and instruction provided by Anne Marie, please contact her with any questions, contact info available at the link below as well.
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Smith and Bybee Wetlands
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Shillapoo Wildlife Area
Birding & History walk with Columbia Slough Watershed Council (for All)
Join Columbia Slough Watershed Council, local archivist Marti Clemmons and Han Lyons of Birdhers for a birding and history walk. Throughout the walk, we’ll discuss historical context of the area, Vanport (1942-1948), and Japanese American detainment at the Expo Center in the summer of 1942. This free event is open to all.
More details and to register click here
Birds for Gaza Opening Event
Alder Commons 4212 NE Prescott St, Portland, OR 97218
*Masks required*
Community event open to all. Through the Birds of Gaza and Birds for Gaza Portland we gather to connect, grieve and learn. The handmade paper birds will be flying together. Poets, Anis Mojgani and Jalees Hyder, along with student speakers will present words, a film Stitching Palestine will be shown, to-go food made by Leila Piazza @syrianhomecooking and prints by Ali Cat @entangledrootspress will be for sale.
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Announced Fridays somewhere in or around Portland, OR
Birding & History walk with Columbia Slough Watershed Council (for BIPOC Participants)
Join Columbia Slough Watershed Council, local archivist Marti Clemmons of Birdhers for a birding and history walk. Throughout the walk, we’ll discuss historical context of the area, Vanport (1942-1948), and Japanese American detainment at the Expo Center in the summer of 1942. This free event is for those who identify as Womin, Trans, and/or Non-Binary of all ages.
More details and to register click here
Birding & History Walk with Columbia Slough Watershed Council (for Womin, Trans, & Non-Binary Participants)
Join Columbia Slough Watershed Council, local archivist Marti Clemmons and Han Lyons of Birdhers for a birding and history walk. Throughout the walk, we’ll discuss historical context of the area, Vanport (1942-1948), and Japanese American detainment at the Expo Center in the summer of 1942. This free event is for those who identify as Womin, Trans, and/or Non-Binary of all ages.
More details and to register click here
Birdhers ‘N’ Buds
Birdhers ‘N’ Buds special event with Columbia Land Trust. Learn about the history of the area and conservation work in a presentation by Columbia Land Trust. We’ll go for a birding walk afterwards and visit the wonderful Sandhill cranes that are supported by their work.
Everyone and all experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress in warm layers and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, RSVP HERE
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Announced Fridays somewhere in or around Portland, OR
Birds of Gaza
Everyone and all ages who are allied with a FREE PALESTINE are welcome to join this event in collaboration with the international campaign Birds of Gaza and the Portland, OR effort.
The martyred children of Gaza are the focus of this collective project. We create these birds to honor and connect with them, to memorialize and remember their names, their existence and their wholeness. We gather to mourn as a community and to connect our grief to education and action. This is one part, one action in a large and myriad movement for Justice and Freedom. Join, contribute and move together as a stronger community towards collective liberation.
1650 NW 13th Ave Portland, OR 97209
The community room is located on the first floor off the courtyard on Raleigh St between NW 12th Ave + NW 13th Ave. A wheelchair accessible ramp is located on the front of the building on 13th St, follow the sidewalk around to the courtyard in the middle of the building on the south side.
Materials and refreshments will be available and we encourage those that have extra, to bring more. Scissors, glue, tape, paper, paint, drinks or snacks are all welcome additions. Sinks and bathrooms will be available. Donations will be accepted to support local Palestinians who have family in need of support.
Masks required. This is a large space, no RSVP, feel free to come and go as your time allows.
This event is organized by non-Palestinian Queer allies with the support of local shop Reclaim It
Art by illustrator and designer Mariah Barnaby-Norris
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Announced Fridays somewhere in or around Portland, OR
CANCELLED due to weather forecast, rescheduled for 1/20
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Wapato Greenway Loop 18846 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland, OR 97231
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for community announcements and events.
12/23 Location: Fernhill Wetlands 1399 SW Fern Hill Road Forest Grove, OR 97116
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Smith and Bybee Lakes
This is a wheelchair accessible trail. About 2 miles on flat paved trails. Meet at the covered picnic area near the parking lot.
Owl Prowl
Join Birdhers and Columbia River Slough Watershed Council on an Owl Prowl guided by Elaine Murphy.
An evening nature walk focused on spotting owls at Whitaker Ponds. We’ll group up for a short lecture from Elaine and walk together the .5 mile dirt path loop. This event is for womin, trans and non-binary people of all ages. This event is offered two nights, please make sure you have registered for you preferred evening. We’ll be walking slowly so please wear sturdy shoes and extra warm clothes, hats and gloves. Free, registration required.
Whitaker Ponds7040 Northeast 47th AvenuePortland, OR, 97218United States
Owl Prowl
Join Birdhers and Columbia River Slough Watershed Council on an Owl Prowl guided by Elaine Murphy.
An evening nature walk focused on spotting owls at Whitaker Ponds. We’ll group up for a short lecture from Elaine and walk together the .5 mile dirt path loop. This event is for womin, trans and non-binary people of all ages. This event is offered two nights, please make sure you have registered for you preferred evening. We’ll be walking slowly so please wear sturdy shoes and extra warm clothes, hats and gloves. Free, registration required.
Whitaker Ponds7040 Northeast 47th AvenuePortland, OR, 97218United States
Words are for the Birds
Birdhers leads a birding walk before a choral concert “Words are for the Birds” by Radix Vocal Ensemble.
Concert will be held at the Eliot Chapel, First Unitarian Church of Portland - 1011 SW 12th Ave., Portland, OR at 3pm and birding walk will be leaving the church at 1:30 to walk through the park blocks and talk birds!
Walk is free and everyone welcome! No RSVP required. More information and tickets for the concert here
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Announced Fridays somewhere in or around Portland, OR
Birding walk
Birding walk for women, trans and non-binary people. All experience levels and ages encouraged! Bring your binoculars or borrow some of ours. Dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes.
Free, no rsvp
Please arrive on time but don’t rush, you can catch up. We’ll start with short introductions (name, pronouns and short answer to group prompt) and close out with an opportunity for announcements and events.
Location: Columbia Children’s Arboretum parking is limited but special permission has been given to park at 1011 NE 6th Drive. Trail is a little less than a mile loop on dirt and paved paths. Porta potties available.
Birding Walk
Birding walk for womin, Trans, Non-binary people
Location - Reed Canyon meet at SE 37th and SE Insley
Free, No RSVP
Dress for the weather, sturdy walking shoes recommended.
Extra binoculars available
STEM day Girl Scouts
Birdhers is partnering with Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwestern Washington for STEM day!
Taking place in Salem, Oregon Birdhers is excited to be tabling at this science fair to introduce and encourage kids to start bird watching. Join us on a scope scavenger hunt, measure your wingspan and check out some bird specimens up close!
-No regular Saturday Bird walk-
Elder Pride x Birdhers
Elder Pride Services facilitated by Friendly House is a community group that hosts a safe space for LGBTQ+ seniors and allies to gather, recreate, socialize and learn about resources. They focus on building community through educational events, serve as cultural and creative outlets and support for LGBTQ+ elders.
Birdhers leadership is honored to take this group on a private birding tour through the Portland Japanese Garden. This event is open to Elder Pride members only but we hope to host a joint event soon.
Birding Walk
Birding walk for womin, Trans, Non-binary people
Location- Blurock Landing
Free, No RSVP
Dress for the weather, sturdy walking shoes recommended.
Extra binoculars available
Owl Prowl
Join Birdhers and Columbia River Slough Watershed Council on an Owl Prowl guided by Elaine Murphy.
An evening nature walk focused on spotting owls at Whitaker Ponds. We’ll group up for a short lecture from Elaine and walk together the .5 mile dirt path loop. This event is for womin, trans and non-binary people of all ages. This event is offered two nights, please make sure you have registered for you preferred evening. We’ll be walking slowly so please wear sturdy shoes and extra warm clothes, hats and gloves. Free, registration required.
Whitaker Ponds7040 Northeast 47th AvenuePortland, OR, 97218United States
Owl Prowl
Join Birdhers and Columbia River Slough Watershed Council on an Owl Prowl guided by Elaine Murphy.
An evening nature walk focused on spotting owls at Whitaker Ponds. We’ll group up for a short lecture from Elaine and walk together the .5 mile dirt path loop. This event is for womin, trans and non-binary people of all ages. This event is offered two nights, please make sure you have registered for you preferred evening. We’ll be walking slowly so please wear sturdy shoes and extra warm clothes, hats and gloves. Free, registration required.
Whitaker Ponds7040 Northeast 47th AvenuePortland, OR, 97218United States
Birding Walk
Birding walk for womin, Trans, Non-binary people
Location- Whitaker Ponds Nature Park
Free, No RSVP
Dress for the weather, sturdy walking shoes recommended.
Extra binoculars available