Birders - Photo: Skip Perkins

OPAS Field Trips: August 2025

Please Note: We ask field trip participants to sign a liability release form on or before the day of the trip. This signed form will be good for future field trips. The form will not be necessary for the Wednesday Bird Walks. You can review, download, and print the form in advance by clicking here. You can also eSign the liability release form by clicking here.

A Message from the Field Trip Chair

By Marie Grad 

August is typically a slow month for birding. The birds have stopped singing, this year’s chicks have fledged, and the adults are molting. This causes the songbirds to go quiet. So, the best birding this month is focused along the shoreline where migrating shorebirds are moving through in large numbers.

On August 2nd and Sept 1st Bob Boekelheide is leading shorebird field trips to 3 Crabs and Dungeness landing. Both trips start at 7:30 a.m.

Kathy McCoy has a field trip to Tongue Point at the Salt Creek Recreation area, scheduled for August 9th at 7:30 a.m. This is a great opportunity to see Black Oystercatchers, Harlequin Ducks, and other waterbirds.

Details and registration for the trips are on the Events Calendar of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society website.

I want to remind those individuals who sign up for a trip that if for some reason you can’t make it, please either email webmaster@olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org or contact the field trip leader directly.

I am always on the lookout for great birding field trip locations and for people to lead trips. I can be contacted through the OPAS website.

Wednesday Bird Walk

Date and Time: Every Wednesday morning at 8:30 a. m.
Meeting Place: Outside the Dungeness River Nature Center
Features: Easy guided bird walk through Railroad Bridge Park to see birds of the Dungeness River riparian area and adjacent fields and open areas.
Bring: Binoculars, scope, and appropriate clothing for the weather.
Cost: Free