Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle.

On Fidalgo Island, go west on Rosario Road then left on Rosario Beach Road. Look for the Rosario Head Trailhead parking lot. Meet at the grassy area just down from the parking lot, near the picnic shelter. Look for the large sign, “Bird Walk.”

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Akiko Nakagawa and Whidbey Audubon partner Dave Krause.

For more information contact Akiko or call 651-324-6099.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle. Meet at the lower Bowman Bay parking lot, near the boat launch and large notice board. There will be a large sign, “Bird Walk.”

Note: There will be lots of other Earth Day programs at Bowman Bay that day! Check them out.

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Akiko Nakagawa and Whidbey Audubon partner Kim Shepard..

For more information contact Akiko or call 651-324-6099.For more information contact Joy.

Join Govinda Holtby to witness and marvel at the early spring migration at Lone Lake and Langley marina. We hope to see new arrivals, those just passing thru, and catch last glimpses of our wintering friends soon to depart.

We will Meet at Bayview Park & Ride and carpool to our first stop Lone Lake public boat launch and then on to Langley Marina.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle. Meet at the lower Bowman Bay parking lot, near the boat launch and large notice board. There will be a large sign, “Bird Walk.”

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Akiko Nakagawa and Whidbey Audubon partner Dyanne Sheldon.

For more information contact Akiko or call 651-324-6099.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle. Meet at the Cornet Bay parking lot, near the bathroom shelter and look for the large “Bird Walk” sign.

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Akiko Nakagawa and Whidbey Audubon partner Patty Cheek.

For more information contact Akiko or call 651-324-6099.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle. Meet at the lower Bowman Bay parking lot, near the boat launch and large notice board. There will be a large sign “Bird Walk.”

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Akiko Nakagawa and Whidbey Audubon partner Sarah Schmidt.

For more information contact Akiko or call 651-324-6099.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle.

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park naturalist Joy Sullivan and Whidbey Audubon partner Steve Ellis.

For more information contact Joy.

Come see the winter birds of the Skagit Flats, Fir Island and Samish Flats. Typically there are large concentrations of waterfowl and raptors. The area is considered one of the top winter raptor viewing sites in the U.S. Some walking will be involved; be prepared for some mud. A Discover Pass or day permit will be needed for each car. Due to narrow road shoulders and limited parking, carpools are particularly important. To join a carpool, meet at 8 a.m. at the Bayview Park & Ride or 8:45 at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor. Bring a lunch for this all-day field trip. We plan to return to Oak Harbor about 5 p.m. Trip leaders are Patty Cheek and Cathi Bower.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle.

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park AmeriCorps Interpretive Naturalist Akiko Nakagawa and Whidbey Audubon partner Dave Parent.

For more information, contact Akiko at akiko.nakagawa@parks.wa.gov

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle.

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with Joy Kacoroski, State Park naturalist, and Whidbey Audubon partner Steve Ellis.

Meet at Cornet Bay parking lot. See map link above for exact location.

For more information contact Joy.

Birding Deception Pass: a Whidbey Audubon and Deception Pass State Park partnership. Walks are designed as a great opportunity for birders of all levels. Practice bird identification skills, explore unique bird habitats and learn from other birders. It is recommended you bring your own binoculars and/or scopes, though there will be a few on hand to borrow. A Discover Pass or day permit is required for each vehicle.

Deception Pass State Park bird watching with State Park naturalist Joy Kacoroski and Whidbey Audubon partner Patty Cheek..

Due to storm damage at West Beach, this trip has been shifted to Rosario. Meet at Bowman Bay parking area. Turn onto Rosario Road, at the south end of Pass Lake. Take an immediate left onto Bowman Bay Road and follow it downhill to the park.

For more information contact Joy.

Join local expert Steve Ellis for a trip into this jewel of a state park, Fort Ebey. It offers a mixture of forest and seabird species. Be prepared for a bit of walking. And if you are lucky you may spot an orca, as participants did on last year’s trip. Meet at 9 a.m. at the end of Libbey Road at Libbey Beach County Park. We will carpool from there to the state park. A Discover Pass or day fee is required for vehicles entering the state park. Snow or ice cancels the trip. For more information contact Steve at 360-678-2264, (no texts, please)‬. This trip is limited to 20 people, please register below.

Explore Deer Lagoon with site expert Carlos Andersen. This is one of our island’s most desirable birding areas. Meet at the parking area at the end of Deer Lagoon Road off Millman Road at 9 a.m. A walk along the dikes and marshy areas will be sure to find wintering waterfowl arriving for the season as well as a number of marsh residents. Carpool if possible. Limited to 12 people. Contact Carlos in you need more information. At this time the limit has been reached and registration is closed.

Please meet at the back parking lot at 8:50. Drivers must have a Discover Pass.
Although the warblers and sparrows are gone, you can still hear and see Anna’s Hummingbirds, Killdeer, Pigeon Guillemots, Great Blue Herons, Bald Eagles, Cooper’s Hawks, Belted Kingfishers, Red-breasted Sapsuckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, Pileated Woodpeckers, Northern Flickers, Hutton’s Vireo, Steller’s Jays, American Crows, Common Ravens, Black-capped Chickadees, Chestnut -backed Chickadees, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, Pacific Wrens, Bewick’s Wren, Varied Thrushes,  American Robins, Cedar Waxwings, House Finch, Pine Siskins, Red Crossbills, Dark-eyed Juncos, Song Sparrows, and Spotted Towhees. Looks like a pretty good list. We will only walk a short, easy distance — just listening and looking for birds among the trees. Please register here.

Limited to 10 people registered for the October 19 class with Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser. Those individuals will be selected in the order of their registrations.