Nature-themed summer programs with Multnomah County Library: All About Bugs with The Bug Chicks, Deep Woods Naturalist with Red Yarn, Flying Squirrel Superheroes with Tryon Creek, and Worm Composting with the Oregon Zoo
Hike series with Friends of the Columbia River Gorge
Hike series with Oregon Wild
Canoe paddle series with Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
Canoe or kayak paddle series with Tualatin Riverkeepers
May 27-June 1 | Great Blue Heron Week | Audubon Society of Portland
June 1 | Book talk: Noak Strycker on The Thing with Feathers: the Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
June 2 | Book talk: Noak Strycker on The Thing with Feathers: the Surprising Lives of Birds and What They Reveal about Being Human | Audubon Society of Portland
June 3 | Lecture: West Linn White Oak Savanna | Tualatin REI
June 5 | Columbia Group Inner City Outings Program (Monthly Meeting) | Oregon Sierra Club
June 5 | Nature Night: Marbled Murrelets – Recovering a Rare Bird | Audubon Society of Portland
June 7 | National Trails Day | Everywhere
June 7 | Family Field Trip Day | Columbia Springs
June 8 | Lecture: Healing Landscapes: Native People and Places in Cascadia | Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
June 12 | Book talk: Mark Turner on Trees and Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest | Audubon Society of Portland
June 14 | National Get Outdoors Day | Everywhere
June 14 | StoryWalk | Friends of Spring Garden Park
June 14 | Ecological Explorations: Banana Slugs | Tryon Creek State Park
June 14 | Explorando El Columbia Slough | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
June 14 | Kalmiopsis Discovery Day | Leach Botanical Garden
June 15 | Father’s Day animal tracking at Oxbow | Metro
June 16-22 | National Pollinator Week | Everywhere
June 20 | Summer Solstice | Tryon Creek State Park
June 20 | Park After Dark: Family Bat Outing | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
June 21 | Spring bird walk at Smith and Bybee | Metro
June 21 | Painted turtle walk at Smith and Bybee | Metro
June 21 | Pollination Celebration | Sauvie Island Center
June 21 | Bird Hike with Graham Klag | Forest Park Conservancy
June 22 | Sunday Parkways: North Portland | PP&R/Metro
June 24 | Twilight Tuesdays at Cooper Mountain | THPRD
June 27 | Kids Nature Night Out: Bats: Fact vs. Fiction | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
June 28 | Habitat Hike with Marcy Houle | Forest Park Conservancy
June 28 | Classroom Discovery Days: Slugs | Tryon Creek State Park
June 28 | Great American Backyard Campout | NWF
June 28 | 25th Annual Tualatin River Discovery Day | Tualatin Riverkeepers
June 29 | World Forum International Mud Day | Everywhere
June 29 | Bird and Wildflower Walk at Cooper Mountain | THPRD
July 16 | Library StoryWalk | Midland Library
July 18 | Kids Nature Night Out: Cat Prowl | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 18 | Moonlight Paddle | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
July 19 | StoryWalk | Friends of Spring Garden Park
July 19 | Park After Dark: Family Bat Outing | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 26 | Backyard Bats Family Program | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 27 | Sunday Parkways: Northeast Portland | PP&R/Metro
July 29 | Twilight Tuesdays at Cooper Mountain | THPRD
July 30 | 4th Annual Trails Fair | Intertwine
August 2 | Backyard Bats Family Program | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
August 2 | Park After Dark: Family Bat Outing | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
August 8 | Kids Nature Night Out: Mystery Night | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
August 9 | StoryWalk | Friends of Spring Garden Park
August 17 | Family Geocaching Adventure | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
August 22 | Park After Dark: Coyotes | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
August 24 | Sunday Parkways: Southeast Portland | PP&R/Metro
September 1-30 | Swift Watch | Audubon Society of Portland
September 28 | Sunday Parkways: Southwest Portland | PP&R/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. June’s list is coming soon…
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