Birding Walks

Join us every Wednesday as we document the birds using habitat in our parks throughout the year. Extra binoculars are available. All are welcome! New birders and lifelong birders all enjoy the walks. Each bird walk will last approximately 1.5-2 hrs. The full schedule with locations and times are below.

We rotate through 4 different parks each month, with a special visit to a different park if there is a 5th Wednesday. The data we collect is entered into eBird and is publicly available to scientists, birders, and park users. These parks are birding hotspots on eBird – follow the links below to learn more!

Check out the slideshow below for the great photos of birds that Cam Mannino has seen – mostly at Bear Creek Nature Park!

Bird Walks

May 2023

EventLocationDateTime
Bird WalkBear Creek Nature ParkMay 38:30 am
Bird WalkCranberry Lake ParkMay 108:30 am
Bird WalkWatershed Ridge ParkMay 178:30 am
Bird WalkStony Creek Ravine Nature ParkMay 248:30 am
Bird WalkCharles Ilsley ParkMay 318:30 am

June 2023

EventLocationDateTime
Bird WalkBear Creek Nature ParkJune 78:00 am
Bird WalkCranberry Lake ParkJune 148:00 am
Bird WalkFox Nature PreserveJune 218:00 am
Bird WalkStony Creek Ravine Nature ParkJune 288:00 am

July 2023

EventLocationDateTime
Bird WalkBear Creek Nature ParkJuly 58:00 am
Bird WalkCranberry Lake ParkJuly 128:00 am
Bird WalkFox Nature PreserveJuly 198:00 am
Bird WalkStony Creek Ravine Nature ParkJuly 268:00 am

August 2023

EventLocationDateTime
Bird WalkBear Creek Nature ParkAug 28:00 am
Bird WalkCranberry Lake ParkAug 98:00 am
Bird WalkFox Nature PreserveAug 168:00 am
Bird WalkStony Creek Ravine Nature ParkAug 238:00 am
Bird WalkWatershed Ridge ParkAug 308:00 am

20 thoughts on “Birding Walks

    • Hi Pat! The bird walks take a break between Thanksgiving and the New Year. They will start again in 2022 on the first Wednesday of January. On January 5 we’ll be at Bear Creek Nature Park at 8:30 am. The schedule on the website will be updated in December.

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    • Hi Joe – We take a break in December each year, but we will start up again the second Wednesday of January 2020 at Cranberry Lake Park, 8:30 am (the first Wednesday is New Year’s Day, so no walk that day).

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