Malheur Field Station will be closed from November 1, 2023 - March 1, 2024. This will give staff time off, as well as time to accomplish the much needed work in each unit. Have a great winter, we will see y'all in the spring!
Ever wonder how the landscape of Harney County came to be? Check out the schedule for Geology of the Northern Great Basin hosted by Michael Cummings.
Michael is a retired Professor of Geology from Portland State University and has a long history with Malheur Field Station. He has been leading university and general-interest geology trips in Northern Great Basin for decades.
*Note: Itinerary is subject to change due to weather.
To register, call the office at 541-493-2629
Learn more about the insects of sagebrush county and their importance to the ecosystem. This course will consist of a field trip to observe insects in the field, insect collecting demonstrations, and learning about insect anatomy and ecology in the classroom.
Matt Medeiros (www.mattjmedeiros.com/) has been coming to MFS as a student, employee, and biologist since 1995, and is an experienced entomology instructor. He is also an active researcher at the University of Hawaii who studies the biodiversity, evolution, and conservation of insects.
*Note: Itinerary is subject to change due to weather.
To register, call the office at 541-493-2629
Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the Malheur basin and entire Steens Mountain loop. Participants will see Ferruginous and Swainson's Hawks, Prairie Falcon, Golden Eagles, White Pelicans, Short-eared and Great Horned and Burrowing Owls, Sandhill Cranes, Black Terns, Franklin's Gulls, Loggerheasd Shrike, Sage Thrasher White-faced Ibis, Rock & Canyon Wren, Horned Lark, Cinnamon Teal, snipe, Wilson's Phalarope, possible bittern.
There are likely to be usual (Lewis's Woodpecker, Evening Grosbeak) and unusual (any bird that migrates to northern Canada) migrants at the hotspots.
Fall migration is always interesting in Harney County. Harry has lived in Oregon since 2011. He has been leading birding trips and teaching bird classes since the 1980's He annually leads birding trips for Klamath Bird Observatory, Road Scholar and Golden Gate Audubon.
Harry Fuller author of:
San Francisco’s Natural History: Sand Dunes to Streetcars
Great Gray Owls of CA-OR-WA
Freeway Birding
Birding website: http://www.towhee.net
Harry's birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com
*Note: Itinerary is subject to change due to weather.
To register, call the office at 541-493-2629
Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the Malheur basin and entire Steens Mountain loop. Participants will see Ferruginous and Swainson's Hawks, Prairie Falcon, Golden Eagles, White Pelicans, Short-eared and Great Horned and Burrowing Owls, Loggerheasd Shrike, Sage Thrasher, Sandhill Cranes, Black Terns, Franklin's Gulls, White-faced Ibis, Rock & Canyon Wren, Sagebrush and Brewer’s Sparrow, Cinnamon Teal, snipe, Wilson's Phalarope, possible bittern.
There are likely to be usual (Lewis's Woodpecker, Evening Grosbeak) and unusual (any bird that migrates to northern Canada) migrants at the hotspots. Participants will bird the basin and foothills of Steens Mountain.
Harry has lived in Oregon since 2011. He has been leading birding trips and teaching bird classes since the 1980's He annually leads birding trips for Klamath Bird Observatory, Road Scholar and Golden Gate Audubon.
Harry Fuller author of:
San Francisco’s Natural History: Sand Dunes to Streetcars
Great Gray Owls of CA-OR-WA
Freeway Birding
Birding website: http://www.towhee.net
Harry's birding blog: atowhee.wordpress.com
*Note: Itinerary is subject to change due to weather.
To register, call the office at 541-493-2629
Join us for a 4-night program exploring the mindfulness and connection of bird watching and yoga at the field station, led by Shannon Rio.
Program, meals and lodging included in price of $750 per person.
To register, call the office: 541-493-2629
This workshop is for the person who wants to learn birdwatching and to deepen birdwatching skills.
Both yoga and birding share the practice of mindfulness. They invite the process of becoming still and using the senses to notice what is around us. It is from this place, that curiosity and awareness brings us to watching and listening to the birds (and other sounds in nature). I like to ask myself: what is that bird saying? Or what is that bird doing? Before long I find myself connected to the landscape, the birds and mammals and all that nature offers to me. THAT is birding.
Doing gentle yoga is connecting with the breath to do simple movements. In this practice there is a moving meditation portion of the class that uses music to enhance flowing easy-to-do postures.
The schedule will allow for a morning yoga class (optional), outings to explore the Malheur Refuge and evening presentations to both learn about birds and generally have fun.
Shannon Rio is Board President of the Klamath Bird Observatory because of its work to preserve birds and wild places in nature. She is a wildlife educator with a goal to connect people (and herself) with nature so that they will want to protect what they love. She teaches classes in various settings and also teaches yoga, works as a nurse practitioner, is devoted to family and friends and community and loves learning anything about the natural world through hiking and birding and sitting quietly observing the wonder of it all.
** Daily plans subject to change depending upon weather, mosquitos, whims of the group and location of where the birds are.
Join us at Malheur Field Station for our annual Thank You dinner and members gathering. Arrive on Friday the 16th for an evening social hour in the dining hall. Join the Saturday field trip to the historic Riddle Ranch. Saturday night thank you dinner in the MFS Dining Hall. Sunday board meeting.
| Friday 6:00 pm | Social Hour in Dining Hall |
| Saturday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm | Tour of Historic Riddle Ranch |
| Sarurday 6:00 pm | Dinner in Dining Hall |
| Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Board Meeting |
RSVP Dinner by September 1
Malheur Field Station
34848 Sodhouse Lane
Princeton, OR 97721
541-493-2629
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MALHEUR FIELD STATION
34848 SODHOUSE LANE
PRINCETON, OR 97721
Office hours: 8 am – 5 pm
Monday – Friday
541-493-2629
malheurfieldstation@gmail.com
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