Beginners and newcomers welcome!

A “Big Sit” is when you see how many birds you can see or hear from a given spot for a given length of time. We’ll run this like an open house and social gathering, meaning you can join or leave at any time. The location will be the magnificent meadow and viewpoint at Alexander’s Bluff (48.137°, -122.766°) (just west of the Vault Loop Trail near Memory’s Vault) at Fort Worden. We’ll be there from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Bring a lawn chair if you want!

If the weather is nice, this should coincide with vulture and raptor migration, so it will double as a “hawk watch.” Regardless, it should be primetime for spring migration of neotropical migrants (e.g. fly-catchers, vireos, warblers, etc.). This sounds crazy, but our odds of Swainson’s Hawk or Broad-winged Hawk are over 50% based on past Big Sits here. No RSVP necessary. Just stop by the bluff any time!

Steve Hampton and Ali Kasperzak, Trip Leaders

Contact Steve at stevechampton@gmail.com for any questions.