Explore the ‘Sounds of Spring’ at next Backyard Birding event

By Sequim Gazette Staff • March 1, 2023 1:30 am
Photo by by Dow Lambert / Learn more about the ‘Sounds of Spring’ at the next Backyard Birding series event, set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 4, at the Dungeness River Nature Center. Pictured is a Common Yellowthroat.
Photo by by Dow Lambert / Learn more about the ‘Sounds of Spring’ at the next Backyard Birding series event, set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 4, at the Dungeness River Nature Center. Pictured is a Common Yellowthroat.

Dow Lambert, a veteran birder and photographer, with the assistance of Ken Wiersema, present the “Sounds of Spring” at the next Backyard Birding event, set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 4, at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road.

Lambert’s excellent local photos as well as his sound and video recordings will increase and refresh one’s knowledge of the bird songs and calls of spring heard throughout local yards, fields, forests and shores, organizers say.

The pair will also introduce attendees to the free Merlin Sound ID app offered by the Cornell Ornithology Lab.

Attendees are welcome to “experience the energy and color that birds offer us during their spring mating and nesting season.”

Admission to the series is free; however, organizers suggest a donation of $5 per person to support ongoing education and bird conservation programs.