January 4 | Christmas Bird Count | Audubon Society of Portland
January 13 | Lecture: Looking Up — The Benefits of Our Oldest Trees | Milwaukie Center
January 15 | Screening of UK children and nature documentary Project Wild Thing | McMenamins Mission Theater
January 16 | Insatiable Voracity: Telling David Douglas’ Story through Birds | Audubon Society of Portland
January 18 | Build a Birdhouse Family Program | THPRD/Cooper Mountain Nature Park
January 21 | Natural History of Pika in Oregon | Oregon Wildlife
January 25 | Audubon Kids Day | Audubon Society of Portland
January 25 | Park After Dark: Owl Prowl | THPRD/Tualatin Hills Nature Park
January 26 | Stories in the stones on Mount Talbert | Metro
January 30 | Nature Kids Preschool Open House | THPRD/Tualatin Hills Nature Park
January 30 | Mount Scott/Scouter Mountain Trail open house | Metro
February 1 | Winter walk at Newell Creek Canyon | Metro
February 1 | Park After Dark: Owl Prowl | THPRD/Cooper Mountain Nature Park
February 8 | Raptor Road Trip 2014 on Sauvie Island | Metro/Audubon Society of Portland
February 10 | Name That Tree! Get to Know the Trees in Your Neighborhood | Fairview-Columbia Library
February 14 | Kids’ Nature Night Out: Rabbit Tales | THPRD/Tualatin Hills Nature Park
February 14-17 | Great Backyard Bird Count | Cornell Lab of Ornithology/National Audubon Society
February 22 | Winter birds at Smith and Bybee Wetlands | Metro
March 1 | Build a Birdfeeder | THPRD/Tualatin Hills Nature Park
March 1 | Stayin’ alive: Winter survival shelters for families at Oxbow Regional Park | Metro
March 2 | Winter twigs of Graham Oaks Nature Park | Metro
March 8 | Winter birds at Smith and Bybee Wetlands | Metro
Regular nature outings (check websites for seasonal scheduling): Nature Days in the Park and Nature Mobile from Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District’s Natural Resources, Honeybee Hikes at Leach Botanical Garden, Story and Strolls and Guided Nature Walks at Tryon Creek State Park, Ladybug Nature Walks with Portland Parks & Recreation, Puddle Stompers at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Bird Walks for adults and kids through Backyard Bird Shop, free field trips with Audubon Society of Portland volunteers, Library events with The Bug Chicks, Tadpole Tales with Columbia Slough Watershed Council, Farm Fridays at Zenger Farm, and Second Saturdays at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, WA.
– $2 admission at OMSI the first Sunday of every month
– $3 admission at the World Forestry Center the first Wednesday of every month
– $4 admission at the Oregon Zoo the second Tuesday of every month
– FREE admission at the Portland Art Museum the fourth Friday of every month, 5-8pm
– FREE admission at the Portland Children’s Museum the first Friday of every month, 4-8pm
– FREE admission at the Oregon Historical Society & Museum every day for Multnomah County residents
*My friend Laura posts a monthly listing of kid and family-friendly events of natural, scientific, and cultural interest. January’s list is here.
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