Birders' Night: How to count four and a half million raptors… Veracruz and its River of Raptors with Steve Dougill
2026-06-11 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Worthy Brewing, 495 NE Bellevue Dr, Bend, OR, 97701
How to count four and a half million raptors… Veracruz and its River of Raptors with Steve Dougill.
North America hosts the largest raptor migration in the world each fall in Veracruz, Mexico. But it’s a lot more than just the birds of prey; there’s millions of migrating songbirds and storks and pelicans and anhinga … and clouds of dragonflies and colorful butterflies. It’s also a compelling story of the biologists who grew up in the small rural communities, and the non-profit that runs the counts, the education programs, forges conservation partnerships with local land owners, and hosts several MOTUS towers. Steve was lucky enough to work here for a season and so he will bring you the story and explain how to count millions of migrating raptors.
About Steve. He grew up birding, as a young kid in the UK, and has been keen on wildlife and conservation ever since. He has worked in many different wildlife positions around the world in both paid and volunteer capacity and now splits his time between getting paid to work with endangered birds in Southern Nevada in the summer and leading birds tours for part of the winter. In between, he bases himself in eastern Washington, close to the Idaho State border. He is very energized to share birds and their conservation with others and has been president of a local Audubon group in Oregon as well as heading up some fun citizen science projects. He does these tours because he loves sharing; he loves birding with an energetic group; and, he loves supporting the local guides and non-profits he partners with. His next goals are to work more directly with kids, to get his book published and to teach a beginning birding class to engage others in the love of birds.
The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.
Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!
And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-6pm.

Birders' Night: Tracking Lewis’s Woodpecker Migration Using Motus Technology with Kaly Adkins
2026-07-09 18:00 - 19:30
Birders’ Night: Tracking Lewis’s Woodpecker Migration Using Motus Technology with Kaly Adkins
Come learn about how wildlife biologists from the state, a variety of NGOs and Cal Poly Humboldt have collaborated to learn about migratory pathways of Lewis’s Woodpeckers throughout the PNW using Motus wildlife tracking technology. This technology can be expanded to a variety of small-bodied wildlife and is helping to unravel the mystery of migration for many of these species. Kaly Adkins is a Regional Wildlife Diversity Biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Bend that specializes in species of greatest conservation need east of the crest of the Cascades in Oregon.
If you want to learn more about MOTUS towers before the Birders’ Night, you can listen to a podcast that Kaly did with Northwest Nature Matters on this topic. Here is the link to the podcast episode: http://nwnaturematters.libsyn.com/motus-a-collaborative-research-network-tracking-wildlife-movement
The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.
Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!
And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-5pm (note that it recently changed to end at 5pm rather than 6pm). Their regular menu is still solid and not unreasonable. See here for their food and beverage menus: https://worthybrewing.com/pub

Birders' Night: Ducks Unlimited Wetland Restoration for Wetland Habitat with Ashley Tunstall
2026-08-13 18:00 - 19:30
Ducks Unlimited Wetland Restoration for Wetland Habitat

Join Ashley Tunstall, Ducks Unlimited Southeast Oregon biologist, to learn more about DU’s wetland restoration work for waterfowl and wetlands in the Oregon SONEC. From stream restoration to dam replacement, Ashley’s work runs the gambit to improve watershed conditions for wetland dependent species in this critical migratory stopover habitat. Learn about the active restoration work going on in your backyard in eastern Oregon on both public and private lands!”

The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.

Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!

And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-5pm (note that it recently changed to end at 5pm rather than 6pm). Their regular menu is still solid and not unreasonable. See here for their food and beverage menus: https://worthybrewing.com/pub

Birders' Night: Jeff Fleischer on the Winter Raptor Surveys.
2026-09-10 18:00 - 19:30
Birders’ Night: Jeff Fleischer on the Winter Raptor Surveys.
More details will be posted when available.
The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.
Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!
And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-5pm (note that it recently changed to end at 5pm rather than 6pm). Their regular menu is still solid and not unreasonable. See here for their food and beverage menus: https://worthybrewing.com/pub

Birders' Night: Stu Garrett on Oregon’s Sagebrush Steppe and the birds that live there.
2026-10-08 18:00 - 19:30
Birders’ Night: Stu Garrett on Oregon’s Sagebrush Steppe and the birds that live there. More details will be posted when available.
The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.
Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!
And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-5pm (note that it recently changed to end at 5pm rather than 6pm). Their regular menu is still solid and not unreasonable. See here for their food and beverage menus: https://worthybrewing.com/pub

Birders' Night: Marina Richie will introduce us to her new book that is scheduled to be released this fall–Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees.
2026-11-12 18:00 - 19:30
Marina Richie will introduce us to her new book that is scheduled to be released this fall–Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees.
More details will be posted when available.
The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.
Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!
And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-6pm.

Birders' Night: Holiday Gathering!
2026-12-10 18:00 - 19:30
Birders’ Night: Holiday Gathering!
More details will be posted when available.
The program will start at 6pm. Feel free to come early for dinner and a beverage. There is typically a nice group there by 5:00pm or so.
Seating is first come, first serve, so come early!
And Worthy Brewing offers a nice Happy Hour Menu from 3-5pm (note that it recently changed to end at 5pm rather than 6pm). Their regular menu is still solid and not unreasonable. See here for their food and beverage menus: https://worthybrewing.com/pub
