Ijams Nature Center's Big Day birding hike counts fall migrants on Saturday morning
A naturalist leads two hours of hiking and listing: identify as many species as you can on the trails, by sight and by sound, and log them on eBird. Beginners welcome, ages fourteen and up.
- When
- Sat Oct 10 · 8 – 10 AM
- Where
- Ijams Nature Center · 2915 Island Home Ave
- Cost
- $15 · parking free for participants
- Ages
- 14 and up
- The walk
- Up to 2.5 miles over rocks, roots and gravel, with stops
- Bring
- Binoculars if you have them, water, the eBird app
- Weather
- Sunny and in the 60s at eight, 82 by afternoon
A Big Day, in birding, is a race against the clock to see or hear as many species as possible. Ijams Nature Center's October version is gentler: two hours on the trails with a naturalist, learning to bird by sight and sound during fall migration and recording what you find on the eBird app. The program is written for complete beginners and for people who already keep a list.
It is fifteen dollars, for ages fourteen and up, and covers up to two and a half miles of uneven trail with plenty of stops. Parking is free for participants. Arrive five to ten minutes early at the Visitor Center. Saturday starts sunny and cool, the best birding light of the week.
