Bird Fest 2022

May 19-22, 2022

Pre-Festival Trips May 16-19

All participants and leaders for Bird Fest 2022 are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Use this link to upload your proof of vaccination.

A few notes about Bird Fest and registration:

Registration is required for all trips and workshops, including those that are free. (Self guided walk at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery does not require registration).
Transportation will not be provided this year. For driving trips, participants will drive separately from their meeting locations.
If needed, more specific information about trip meeting locations will be shared closer to the start of Bird Fest.
WRI members and Bird Fest trip leaders and volunteers receive approximately a 15 percent discount on most trips using the coupon code WRImember2022. Become a WRI Member! (discount is listed as $0, but new trip prices will be listed when the code is entered)
When you click "Add Another Registrant," you will need to go through the list of events and select events for each new registrant.

This registration page only contains the field trips and workshops that require registration.

Click here to see the full Bird Fest schedule, including Family Day, keynote, and more.

Watercolor Songbirds with Charlene Collins Freeman (virtual)

Scientific Illustration Class: Drawing a Rose Petal with a Dew Drop (virtual)

Sip and Paint

Health & Safety Note

We will continue to follow state and local COVID guidance.

All participants and leaders for Bird Fest 2022 are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Use this link to upload your proof of vaccination.

Trip participants will need to fill out a daily COVID screening, including questions about COVID symptoms and exposure and temperature.

Refund and Cancellation Policy

If you cancel your registration 30 days out, you will receive an 80 percent refund; less than 30 days out, a 50 percent refund; and less than 2 weeks out, no refund will be given. If we are able to fill your space with someone from the waitlist, or if you know someone who would like to take your place, you will receive a full refund minus a 10 percent processing fee.

If you cancel your registration due to COVID symptoms, known COVID exposure, or a positive diagnosis for COVID, you will receive a full refund minus a 10 percent processing fee.

Although we rarely need to do so, we reserve the right to cancel a program. In this case you will receive a full refund.

Membership fees are non-refundable.

As a non-profit organization, event registrations are incredibly important to us. We strive to keep the cost of Bird Fest and other WRI programming low. In the event that you are unable to attend, we hope you will consider donating your registration fees to support Wenatchee River Institute programs.

Pre-Festival Trips

Intro to Birding at Horan ($10.00) [7 remaining]
Intro to Birding at Horan
Monday, May 16, 6:00am-7:30am

Join Audubon Society members Merry Roy, Wendy Sharp, and Nolan Campbell for a first time introduction to common birds in the city of Wenatchee along the Columbia river. We expect to see waterbirds, raptors, and a variety of songbirds. We will meet at Walla Walla Point Park at the North parking lot near the bathrooms. This walk is especially designed for new birders and loaner binoculars will be provided. Suitable for all ages and families. We will walk on paved, level pathways up to 1 mile round trip at a leisurely pace, stopping often to view birds. It can be cool along the river, so wear layers and bring a small backpack to carry clothing and water. Group size: 12.
Intro to Birding at Horan ($10.00) [Sold Out]
Intro to Birding at Horan
Tuesday, May 17, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Join Audubon Society member Susan Ballinger for a first time introduction to common birds in the city of Wenatchee along the Columbia river. We expect to see waterbirds, raptors, and a variety of songbirds. We will meet at Walla Walla Point Park at the North parking lot near the bathrooms. This walk is especially designed for new birders and loaner binoculars will be provided. Suitable for all ages and families. We will walk on paved, level pathways up to 1 mile round trip at a leisurely pace, stopping often to view birds. It can be cool along the river, so wear layers and bring a small backpack to carry clothing and water. Group size: 12.
Wednesday Wakeup Bird Walk ($10.00) [4 remaining]
Wednesday Wakeup Bird Walk
Wednesday, May 18, 6:00am-7:30am

Join local Audubon members Susan Ballinger, Elisa Lopez, and Jane Zanol for a short walk along a quiet paved road to overlook a shrubby creek corridor where dozens of colorful neotropical migrant birds arrive to nest. We will meet at the intersection of Number 2 Canyon and Skyline Drive and car caravan one mile and then walk. This walk is especially designed for new birders and loaner binoculars will be provided. Suitable for all ages. We will walk on a paved level roadside with little traffic at a leisurely pace stopping often to view birds. It can be cool in the canyon, so wear layers and bring a small backpack to carry clothing and water. Group size: 12.
Birding Walla Walla Point Park with Wenatchee Valley College ($0.00) [9 remaining]
Birding Walla Walla Point Park with Wenatchee Valley College
Wednesday, May 18, 1:30pm-5:00pm

Join Wenatchee Valley College's spring quarter ornithology class field trip led by biology professor, Dr. Dan Stephens, and English professor and poet, Derek Sheffield, the 2022 Keynote speaker for this year's festival. Come to explore the bird diversity along the Columbia River and within the Horan Natural Area. Participants will be able to view birds through spotting scopes and with binoculars (loaners provided). This is the regular course field trip for the college, so you will join students who are also learning to identify common local birds. Open to beginners and to people of all levels of bird identification experience. Plan to walk a roundtrip distance of 4+ miles on flat trails. Registration is required for this free trip. Thank you to Wenatchee Valley College for sponsoring this trip! Meet in Wenatchee at Walla Walla Point Park near the bathrooms. Registrant limit: 15.
Tower Road ($10.00) [Sold Out]
Tower Road
Wednesday, May 18, 4:00pm-7:30pm

Join Joe Veverka and Natalie Kahler for a 3.6 mile round trip bird hike with a 700-ft. climb and scenic views of Cashmere and the Enchantments. This trip is for birders of all skills levels- beginners encouraged! Loaner binoculars available for all. We expect to see grassland birds, nuthatches, chickadees, raptors, and Lewis's woodpeckers. Wear study shoes and suitable clothing for a good hike. Bring plenty of water and snacks. Meet at the pullout, about 200 yards up canyon from Mile Marker 1 along Nahahum Canyon Road. Group limit: 10.
Intro to Birding at Porter's Pond (morning) ($10.00) [2 remaining]
Intro to Birding at Porter's Pond
Thursday, May 19, 6:00am-7:30am

Join Wenatchee Naturalist Susan Ballinger and NCWAS members Natalie Kahler and Nolan Campell to view birds along the Columbia River and within the Cottonwood forests around Porter's Pond on the Apple Capital Loop Trail. This trip is for birders of all skills levels- beginners encouraged! Loaner binoculars available for use. We expect to see waterbirds, raptors, and a variety of songbirds. Wear study shoes and suitable clothing for walking 1.5 miles round-trip along the paved and dirt paths. It can be cool along to the river so wear several layers and bring a small backback to carry clothing and water. Meet at the 19th Street Trailhead parking lot at 140 19th Street NW, East Wenatchee. Group limit: 12.
Intro to Birding at Porter's Pond (evening) ($10.00) [Sold Out]
Intro to Birding at Porter's Pond
Thursday, May 19, 6:00pm-7:30pm

Join local Audubon Board members Mark Johnston and Richard Scranton to view birds along the Columbia River and within the Cottonwood forests around Porter's Pond on the Apple Capital Loop Trail. This trip is for birders of all skills levels- beginners encouraged! Loaner binoculars available for use. We expect to see waterbirds, raptors, and a variety of songbirds. Wear study shoes and suitable clothing for walking 1.5 miles round-trip along the paved and dirt paths. It can be cool along to the river so wear several layers and bring a small backback to carry clothing and water. Meet at the 19th Street Trailhead parking lot at 14019th Street NW, East Wenatchee. Group Limit 10

Thursday Field Trips & Workshops

Snow Birds ($30.00) [4 remaining]
Snow Birds
Thursday, May 19, 8:00am-12:00pm

Travel by snowshoes (provided or bring your own) and accompany Walleye Cards, LLC wildlife biology Heather Murphy and Upper Basin Birder Heather Moravec as they adventure in snow-covered subalpine fir and Alaska yellow-cedar forests. Bird species you may see in these high mountains are: common raven, chestnut-backed chickadee, gray jay, Swainson's thrush, varied thrust, Townsend's warbler, and pine siskin. Carpool from Wenatchee River Institute. Group limit: 12.

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