Inland Northwest Bird Watching Meetup Group

The Cheney Christmas Bird Count is coming soon. For more information and to sign up go here.
Join in and contribute to our global knowledge of bird life. This annual event benefits science and helps us to know what steps to take to help birds thrive.
Click the link to communicate with the area manager and arrange to stay as long as you can, or bird all day. Some routes are walking and others are driving, or a combo.
This is a great way to learn about birds or sharpen your birding skills.
There is a limited number of slots left, so communicate soon.
Supported by Spokane Audubon Society.
Become a member today: SPOKANE AUDUBON SOCIETY

The Spokane Christmas Bird Count is coming soon. For information on the count and how to sign up, go here.

The Christmas Bird count is an annual event open to anyone who is interested in learning more about birds and contributing to a global project documenting bird populations. The area leader is Tim O'Brien and he is looking for two area leaders as well as participants who can spend 4 to 8 hours counting birds with a group.

First Wednesday Bird Walks & Community Meetup
Supported by Spokane Audubon Society
Spokane Audubon Society

Explore the Biodiversity of Saltese Flats every 1st Wednesday of the month with birdwatcher Tim O'Brien. Warm up afterwards with Spokane Water Resources Restoration & Education staff.

No registration required. Tim will be there until Noon, but you can leave whenever you need to. No Discover Pass needed. Restrooms are available. Bring binoculars if you have them. Easy walk.

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## Trip Details

Leader Name: Bill and Ann-Scott Ettinger (Spokane Audubon Society)
Contact Info and best way to contact you: bark4snow@comcast.net or 509-998-7072 (text)
Registration date: No deadline, except that lodging/camping options will be fewer and fewer as months pass. We will be there no matter what.
Level of Birder: Everyone, though birding is the main reason to be there.
Length of Trip: several overnights, since it is an 8 hr drive from Spokane.
~430 miles from Spokane. Roughly an 8 hour drive via I90 and 395 to Burns, OR, Oregon Highway 205 (Frenchglen Highway) to Narrows, then Sodhouse Lane to the Refuge Headquarters (~ 6 miles).

Join Bill and Ann-Scott at one of their favorite birding locations, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Malheur NWR is located in Southeastern Oregon’s high desert, at the northern end of the Great Basin. It is adjacent to Steens Mountain, from which the Wild and Scenic Donner und Blitzen River flow into the Refuge’s southern boundary. The Refuge is famous for spectacular concentrations of wildlife, which are attracted to the Refuge’s habitats and abundant water resources in an otherwise arid landscape. Visitors are drawn to Malheur’s abundant wildlife and natural resources, and the variety of recreational opportunities the Refuge provides for visitors to enjoy.