For our next field trip, we are looking at another gull trip in Bandon. At low tide, across from the downtown area, there is a large sandbar that gulls love in the winter and which is an awesome spot to go out and check out gulls from close range which is what you have to…

As a follow up to his “Beginning Birder” presentation the evening before at the Bandon Library, Paul Sullivan will lead a field trip on Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, in and around Bandon. Meet at 7:45 AM at the south end of the parking lot at Ray’s Market, in Bandon, to arrange carpooling. The first stop…

Join trip leader Tim Rodenkirk for this fall birding field trip to Floras Lake and along the trail to New River on October 11 from 7:30 to Noon!. Birds will still be migrating through and so the group will look for waterfowl on the lake and sparrows and other passerines in the open grasslands north of…

Seven of us met in Coquille at Sturdivant Park at 5AM and then carpooled to Powers Park where we started birding just after sunrise. One of our first birds was an unusual treat, a very vocal Western Kingbird hanging out on a power line right next to the pond we were walking around. Nearby an…

This month our field trip will be to some private land between Bandon and Coquille to view the return of our spring bird species. Eric Clough is leading an early spring birding field trip on April 12th on an important piece of mixed habitat property along the Coquille River that is the subject of an intertidal wetland…

Dec. 7, Saturday, 8-11am, Winter Gull Field Trip, Bandon Join trip leader Tim Rodenkirk for this rain-or-shine field trip focused on learning how to identify winter gulls. For those new to birding, gull ID can seem intimidating, but Tim is an excellent teacher. We will have waterproof gull ID sheets to help you learn key…

Trip leader Tim Rodenkirk will be leading a trip to bird around the Rogue River Estuary, including the marina boat basin, south jetty, and the Indian Creek marsh. Meet at the Gold Beach Visitor Center on the south end of Gold Beach at 7:30am. Bring binoculars, spotting scope if you have one, snacks, rain gear,…

Trip leader Tim Rodenkirk will be leading a trip to bird on Coos Bay. The trip will start at the North Spit, a birding hotspot is known for its mix of wetlands, dunes, forests and waterfront. After that the group will bird over at the South Jetty. Bring binoculars, spotting scope if you have one,…

Audubon Field Trip to the Powers Area of Coos County with a brief stop in Myrtle Point for our last stop. It was clear and sunny with temps ranging from 53-74F. We first birded the Powers pond, then took the one minute drive to the ranger station and birded there and walked from the parking…

The long term forecast looks good for Mother’s Day weekend, so Saturday the 11th of May will be a promising day for a field trip to Powers County Park. We will meet at Sturdivant Park in Coquille (next to the intersection of Hwy 42S and Hwy 42) at 0530.  Powers is still 45 minutes from Coquille and sunrise…

There was a herring spawn two days before the field trip, so birds were abundant feeding on all the eggs. Hundreds and hundreds of gulls, and thousands of ducks. High points included five Long-tailed Ducks and, for the 8th year, a male Barrow’s Goldeneye.

Tim Rodenkirk will lead a field trip to Fossil Point in Coos Bay on Saturday, 2/17/24, to look primarily for waterfowl. Our field trip will be a joint venture with our sister Audubon chapter to the south, Kalmiopsis Audubon, on Saturday, February 17 toCharleston-Fossil Point from 10 am to 3 pm. Tim Rodenkirk will lead…