Reminder: Puget Sound Bird Fest Sept. 9-10 in Edmonds

Here’s the schedule:

Bird Fest Exhibits Hall
Saturday 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free
Frances Anderson Center Gym, 700 Main St. in Edmonds
Educational displays, optics, and fowl themed artwork on the market.  Kids actions: owl pellet dissection, crafts, video games and hands-on exploration.  Photo contest: cease by and vote to your favorites.

Presentations

Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 3:15 p.m., free
Edmonds Plaza Room, 650 Main St. in Edmonds

See full descriptions of every presentation on the Pilchuck Audubon website. 

Saturday discipline actions

Edmonds Marsh, Willow Creek Guided Walk
Saturday, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Registration required ($5). Register here
Join Jack Stephens to fowl some quick trails on the Willow Creek Fish Hatchery and the Wildlife Habitat & Native Plant Demonstration Garden, and a brief walk uphill to a paved path for an excellent view of the marsh from the south and a few ponds. The Edmonds marsh additionally has stage paved walkways and boardwalk. You will drive between the marsh and the hatchery/backyard space to keep away from walking alongside Highway 104. Less than two miles. Playback is likely to be used sparingly by walk chief. Bring binoculars.

Scriber Creek Watershed Guided Walk for Beginning Birders
Saturday, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Registration required ($10). Register here
The city forest and wetlands of this 22-acre park present habitat for quite a lot of wildlife, together with waterfowl, wading birds and songbirds. May embody excursions to adjoining small parks. Led by Jeff and Eileen Hambleton, this walk will concentrate on building important abilities for novices. Bring binoculars in case you have them. (We received’t have any loaners out there this yr). Easy stage trails and boardwalk, could cross city streets with crosswalks to discover two extra parks, lower than two miles. No “pishing” or playback of vocalizations shall be used to draw birds.

Richmond Beach Guided Walk for Beginning Birders
Saturday, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Registration required ($5). Register here
Join Joe Sweeney for 2 to a few leisurely paced miles, together with some hills and steps. You will first walk the primary paths and steps on this very scenic park. Then, you’ll return to your automobiles, seize your recognizing scopes, and walk the quick distance to the seashore for some seabird watching overlooking the Puget Sound. The climate is often cooler on the seashore, so put on layers and rain gear, if vital. Bring binoculars, after all, and a scope, in case you have one.  A pair of binoculars is all it’s essential benefit from the walk. Over by 9:30 a.m. Playback won’t be used.

Southwest County Park Guided Walk
Saturday, 8-10 a.m.
Registration required ($5). Register here
Join Bruce Bohmke for this walk in an undeveloped, forested county park situated inside Edmonds. The trails embody a wider, comparatively stage path and a few narrower trails that embody some quick elevation adjustments which might be muddy if it has rained. Will embody crossing the road that bisects the park. “Pishing” or playback could also be utilized by the walk chief. Total walking doubtless lower than 1.5 miles.

Bird-viewing platform
Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon
Edmonds Marsh, 180 W. Dayton St. in Edmonds
No registration required, free

Sunday discipline actions

Accessible-ish Yost Park Guided Walk
Sunday, 8-10 a.m.
Pre-registration required ($5). Register here
Join Bev Bowe for a guided birding walk alongside the service street and paved path of Yost Park. Much of the service street is paved, and the rest is often exhausting packed.  While not fully stage, the slope is brief from the car parking zone to the primary portion of the service street. Birding from the service street permits some viewing into the mid cover and even the highest of some timber of the ravine. Yost Park supplies habitat for quite a few species of resident and migratory birds together with Cooper’s Hawks, Pileated Woodpeckers, Chickadees, Pacific Wrens, and quite a lot of different forest birds. While there are not any benches, the group plans to be no additional than 0.25 miles from the automobiles. Option to fowl a bit farther on a gently sloping filth path close to the tip of the service street.

Edmonds Waterfront Guided Walk
Sunday, 8:30 – 10 a.m.
Registration required ($5). Register here
Join Jack Stephens to discover the Edmonds waterfront. While this walk received’t have the seabird variety of the winter months, the Edmonds waterfront can typically supply shut views of some birds comparable to Marbled Murrelet or Rhinoceros Auklet. In addition, Edmonds can have lots of of Heerman’s gulls across the breakwater who arrive after breeding season earlier than they depart for his or her wintering grounds. Most of the walk shall be on paved paths or a fishing pier, there may be minimal walking on sand.

Centennial Trail Guided Walk for “Birding by Ear”
Sunday, 8-11 a.m. (End time is approximate)
Registration required ($10). Register here
Centennial Trail in Snohomish County is constructed on the old Burlington-Northern railroad line. You’ll look and hear for the birds who reside right here year-round, comparable to Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Bewick’s Wren, American Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, Black-capped Chickadees, Yellow-rumped Warbler, American Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwing. Neither “pishing” nor enjoying recordings shall be used. This leisurely walk, led by Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser and Elaine Chuang, shall be from the Getchell Road entry level to Lake Cassidy and again, which is 3.5 miles spherical journey. The path is 10 toes extensive and graveled, with benches alongside the best way and no change in elevation. A porta-potty is accessible within the car parking zone.

Union Bay Natural Area Guided Walk
Sunday, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Registration required ($5). Register here
Join Roniq Bartanen to discover the Union Bay Natural Area, nicknamed “The Fill” – Seattle’s former rubbish dump. 260 fowl species have been reported at this city birding scorching spot. You’ll spend time exploring this distinctive space wealthy in fowl and wildlife. Tips for figuring out birds shall be included however our primary focus shall be on a extra aware birding follow which incorporates observing native habitat, fowl track and habits. Any age and stage of birding expertise welcome! Dress for climate and put on acceptable footwear. A hat/sunscreen is advisable as a lot of the world is out within the solar (shade spots shall be sought out when out there). Trails are principally flat, packed filth and gravel and might be seasonally muddy and moist. Please go away dogs at home as they might scare off our feathered associates.

Please notice: Restrooms and water fountain are closed on Sundays at this location. There could also be a close-by port-a-potty, nevertheless, that may’t be assured, so please plan accordingly.

How to Capture Unusual and Compelling Bird Photography Images
Sunday, Sept. 10, 7 a.m,-1 p.m.
Registration Required ($25). Register here
Do you need fowl photographs that stand out, present compelling fowl behaviors or distinctive views? Would you want to have the ability to take photographs of birds that evoke emotion and distinct fowl traits? If you wish to take your photographs a step additional to face out and replicate the attention-grabbing stuff you see when you’re watching them, this workshop will provide you with concepts and abilities to do that. This occasion will study a number of the following questions:

• How do you overcome the challenges of fowl images?
• How do you enable birds to be snug sufficient so that you can get distinctive photographs?
• How do you study to see in a different way?

Join Ann Pultz Kramer, award-winning fowl and wildlife photographer, for a one-day workshop to introduce you to the exploration of capturing the pictures you see in your thoughts. We will spend the day at Montlake Fill at Union Bay in Seattle. Ann has been honored for her work in Audubon National Plants for Birds contest, North American Nature Photographers Association annual contest, Share the View nationwide contest and positioned Best in Show in her native digicam membership competitions. She is a supporter of moral fowl images and practices moral discipline practices.

Go Natives! Native Plant Sale
Sunday, 9 a.m.-noon
Willow Creek Hatchery, 95 Pine St.
No registration required, free
Come refill on native vegetation on the Edmonds Wildlife Habitat and Native Plant Demonstration Garden situated at 95 Pine St. in Edmonds.

Birds and Native Plants Presentation by Don Norman
Sunday, 12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Willow Creek Hatchery, 95 Pine St.
No registration required, free
Following the plant sale,  Don Norman, proprietor of Go Natives Nursery and founding member of the Puget Sound Bird Observatory, will discuss birds and native vegetation utilizing examples within the Edmonds Wildlife Habitat and Native Plant Demonstration Garden.

Puget Sound Express Boat Cruise
Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
Registration required ($95) Register here
The Puget Sound Bird Fest – in collaboration with Puget Sound Express – hosts a particular birdwatching cruise to get the optimum viewing of sea birds returning to their nests. The three-hour cruise departs from the Edmonds Marina. Volunteer Bird Guides from the Puget Sound Bird Fest shall be on board to share their data concerning the birds and nature of Puget Sound. Puget Sound Express utilizing its latest high-speed vessel Swiftsure to journey to both Smith Island or Protection Island (relying on climate and recent sightings of birds), earlier than returning to Edmonds. On-board there may be inside seating, a snack bar and three restrooms out there.

Note: Any change within the itinerary for climate is on the Captain’s discretion.