Event

Great Backyard Bird Count

  • Multiple Days: 02/16/2018, 02/17/2018, 02/18/2018, 02/19/2018 Location: Visitor Center, Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Fee Information: Park entrance fee Contact Name: Visitor Center Contact Phone Number: 503-861-2471
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    The 21st annual Great Backyard Bird Count is taking place February 16th through 19th. To participate in this citizen science opportunity, anyone in the world can count birds at any location for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count and enter their sightings at www.gbbc.BirdCount.org. The information gathered by tens of thousands of volunteers helps track changes in bird populations on a massive scale. The GBBC is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and theNational Audubon Society with partner Bird Studies Canada and is partially sponsored by Wild Birds Unlimited.
    • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day complete a self-guided scavenger hunt for local birds including the illusive and endemic great pink heron (see photo to the right).
      • Stop in at the visitor center to pay your fee, grab your scavenger hunt list, and borrow binoculars and a bird guide.
    • 8:30 am Saturday February 5th join a guided birding walk starting at the visitor center.
    • 1 p.m. Sunday, February 18, 2018 - Learn about "California Condors: an Oregon Treasure" by Travis Koons, Oregon Zoo Avian Curator in the visitor center, Netul River Room.

    Park hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Admission is $5 per adult and free for youth 15 years old and under.  Passes to National Park Service sites are accepted. A variety of bird field guides are available for purchase at the Lewis & Clark National Park Association bookstore in the Fort Clatsop Visitor Center.

    For more information on the national bird count event or to submit bird counts from your home go to www.gbbc.birdcount.org. The weekend’s birding events at Fort Clatsop are sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the National Park Service. For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471 or check out www.nps.gov/lewi or Lewis and Clark National Historical Park on Facebook.