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2024 Oakridge Christmas Bird Count
December 31, 2024 @ 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
The Oakridge CBC, planned for Tuesday, December 31st, surveys a 15-mile diameter circle roughly centered on the town of Oakridge. It includes the nearby town of Westfir, most of Hills Creek Reservoir, the upper end of Lookout Point Reservoir, and High Prairie. Vast areas of Willamette National Forest inside the circle provide almost unlimited possibilities for hiking, mountain biking, or snowshoeing/skiing, depending on snow levels.
Forest birds often include grouse, mountain quail, owls, accipiters, woodpeckers, jays, dippers, nuthatches, chickadees, kinglets, crossbills, and siskins. Loons, grebes, ducks, geese and other water birds can turn up on the reservoirs as well as ponds around town. In the more open habitats we sometimes find shrikes and open-country raptors.
FMI or if you’d like to join, please contact Joel Geier, joel.geier@peak.org or call 541.745.5821 for more details and updates.
Program Meetings
Our monthly program meetings have something for everyone. During the last year we hosted programs by naturalists, wildlife artists and expert birders on a variety of topics from the birds of Hawaii, to ravens, wolves, and people, to the migration of red knots. Participating in a program meeting is a fun way to get involved with Lane County Audubon. Meetings are free and open to all.
We are currently meeting on Zoom and in-person as conditions allow on the 4th Tuesday of each month between September and May at 7:00 p.m.