Every year tens of millions of birds migrate through Southwest Washington.
Join us as we celebrate these remarkable birds and their journey.
Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese
Karen Schuenemann/Audubon Photography Awards
It’s time for Vancouver Audubon’s 3rd annual Migratory Bird Celebration!
Join us for a free and and family-friendly morning of games, crafts, and bird outings. In partnership with the City of Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center, this event is a great opportunity to learn about the conservation needs that support bird migration: clean and available water sources, native plants, insects, and habitats. All ages are welcome; no registration necessary!
When
10am – 1pm
September 19
Where
Water Education
Resources Center
4600 SE Columbia Way
Vancouver, WA 98661
Celebrate birds with these activities:
Bird Outings Every 30 Minutes
Join one of several short, guided tours of the birds and habitats of Marine Park!
Beginner Binocular Workshops
Learn how to find your way around optics!
Migration Game
Become a bird overcoming all the obstacles between you and your migration destination!
Nature Bingo
Search your surroundings for the 23 things on your card!
BirdBlitz 2026
on iNaturalist
September 12-19
Team up with us as we seek to find and document all birds across Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat counties in the week leading up to the Migratory Bird Celebration! Participate in community science by uploading your photos and recordings of birds to iNaturalist. Observations of birds in Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat Counties submitted by project members during the set time period are added to the project automatically!
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Add Observations
Using either the iNaturalist app or your desktop browser, upload birds.
(make sure to hit “Join” on the project page as well)
Don’t have time to find and upload observations? You can still participate by contributing identifications on observations from others!
*New to iNaturalist? Here’s a handy guide for Getting Started
Migration Tools
Explore Bird Migration
This map is your guide to the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.
Launch Interactive Map ↗
September 21 – October 7
Migration Forecast – Washington
Check migration forecasts, lights out recommendations, and live migration radar from around the state.
Partners
Questions about this event? Interested in volunteering with Vancouver Audubon? contact communityoutreach@vancouveraudubon.org
