September, October
If you know of any events, or have comments or species to add to a Watch List, contact us and we will add them to the calendar; or use the "Message board" below to share your input.
Wrentit -- Photo: Ken Chamberlain
September
Watch list:
Events:
09/01/2013 (Sun) 11:30am Owls: Silent Hunters of the Night
Watch list:
- Waterfowl arriving at multiple locations - check bays and water treatment plants for Ring-necked and Ruddy Ducks and others
- Check out wooded and brushy areas at Barview Jetty, Whalen Island, Fenk Road and Bayocean Spit (and many other locations) for migrant passerines
- Good time to see Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons roosting together in trees - a tree full of Great Egrets is a beautiful sight!
- Greater White-fronted Goose, Snow Goose and Cackling Goose (Nehalem Meadows), Cackling Goose at Nestucca NWR
- Merlins start showing up late in the month
Events:
09/01/2013 (Sun) 11:30am Owls: Silent Hunters of the Night
- Description: "Find out how to find owls in their natural habitat..."
- More information: Tillamook Forest Center
- Description: Day on the water followed by "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" presentation
- More information: Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TBNEP)
- More information: Nestucca, Neskowin and Sand Lake Watersheds Council
- Description: Annual fall event to gather migratory bird counts
- More information: East Cascades Audubon Society (ECAS) or use this website to contact the county NAMC coordinator
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -- Photo: dawn villaescusa
October
Watch list:
Events:
10/19/2013 (Sat) 1:00pm Mysterious Mushrooms of the Tillamook State Forest
Watch list:
- Bufflehead arrive to winter in the bays
- Lesser and Greater Scaup, Canvasback, American Coots, Common, and occasional Barrow's, Goldeneye
Events:
10/19/2013 (Sat) 1:00pm Mysterious Mushrooms of the Tillamook State Forest
- Description: "...discover the important role fungi play in forest health."
- More information: Tillamook Forest Center