Malheur Field Station
Educational Programs
To address the MFS Mission of “facilitating environmental education in the Northern Great Basin”, MFS offers educational programs as well as partnering with others to support programs they bring to MFS. We continue to look for opportunities to enrich the experience of visitors to the High Desert. Please join us as a participant or a provider.
Coming and Completed Programs
May 23 - May 28, 2020 - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see the results of the on-going spring migration.
June 13 - June 18, 2020 - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see most of the nesting species of Harney County.
Sept. 12 - Sept. 18 - Join Harry Fuller for a full day in the Steens where we will go to the peak at just under 10,000 feet elevation.
September 25-30, 2019-Ever wonder how the landscape of Harney County came to be?
September 16-22, 2019. Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the refuge and Steens Mountain. Fall migration is always interesting in Harney County.
Entomology in the High Desert September 10–13, 2019 - Learn more about the insects of sagebrush country and their importance
Birding - Late Spring 2019 June 7 - June 12, 2019 - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see
Birding - Spring 2019 May 22 - 27, 2019 - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see the results
We are located at 34848 Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, OR about 30 Miles SE of Burns.
Our phone number is 541-493-2629. Normal office hours are 8 to 5. If we are out working in the field station please leave a message.
Email us at malheurfieldstation@gmail.com for a prompt response.
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(541) 493-2629 malheurfieldstation@gmail.com
Malheur Field Station 34848 Sodhouse Lane Princeton Oregon 97721
© 2019,The Great Basin Society, Inc., dba Malheur Field Station
American Avocet
American Bittern
American Coot
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
American White Pelican
American Wigeon
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Bald Eagle
Barn Swallow
Belted Kingfisher
Black Tern
Black-billed Magpie
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-necked Stilt
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Teal
Bobolink
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brewer’s Sparrow
Broad-billed hummingbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bufflehead
Bullock’s Oriole
Burrowing Owl
Tennessee Warbler
Townsend’s Solitaire
Townsend’s Warbler
Tree Swallow
Trumpeter Swan
Turkey Vulture
Vesper Sparrow
Varied Thrush
Violet-green Swallow
Virginia Rail
Warbling Vireo
Western Bluebird
Western Grebe
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Tanager
Western Wood-pewee
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-faced Ibis
Willet
Williamson’s Sapsucker
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Osprey
Peregrine
Pied-billed Grebe
Prairie Falcon
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Redhead
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ring-necked Duck
Rock Pigeon
Rock Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruddy Duck
Rufus Hummingbird
Sage Thrasher
Sagebrush Sparrow
Sandhill Crane
Savannah Sparrow
Say’s Phoebe
Short-eared Owl
Song Sparrow
Sora
Spotted Sandpiper
Spotted Towhee
Steller’s Jay
Swainson’s Hawk
Swainson’s Thrush
Killdeer
Lark Sparrow
Lesser Scaup
Lesser Yellowlegs
Lewis’s Woodpecker
Loggerhead Shrike
Long-billed Curlew
Macgillivray’s Warbler
Mallard
Marsh Wren
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Chickadee
Mourning Dove
Nashville Warbler
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Northern Pintail
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Northern Shoveler
Eared Grebe
Eastern Kingbird
European Starling
Eurasian Collared Dove
Ferruginous Hawk
Flammulated Owl
Forster’s Tern
Franklin’s Gull
Gadwall
Golden Eagle
Gray Flycatcher
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Greater Sage Grouse
Greater Yellowlegs
Green-winged Teal
Hairy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
Hooded Merganser
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
California Gull
California Quail
Canada Goose
Canvasback
Canyon Wren
Caspian Tern
Cassin’s Finch
Cassin’s Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Chestnut-sided warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Cinnamon Teal
Clark’s Grebe
Clark’s Nutcracker
Cliff Swallow
Common Loon
Common Merganser
Common Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Common Raven
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper’s Hawk
Dark-eyed Junco
Double-crested Cormorant
Downy Woodpecker
Dusky Flycatcher