July Virtual Cathlapotle Plankhouse Second Sunday

Second Sundays in 2021 will be virtual and can be viewed on the event dates on the Friends Facebook and after on our Youtube Channel.

11 AM: Join the Friends and Staff of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Sunday, July 11th, at 11 AM virtually for “Becoming Birds,” an engaging birding excursion with Dr. Teresa Wicks, Eastern Oregon Field Coordinator for Portland Audubon, and her wife Janelle Wicks, Executive Director of the Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Not everyone birds the same, and Dr. Wick’s research emphasizes how indigenous viewpoints can change how we see our interactions as part of the natural world.

10 AM: Check-in with us at 10 AM for family activity demos and Trail Tips with the Fish & Wildlife Service! Family activity bags will be available to pick up ahead of time, during First Saturdays (Saturday, July 3rd), at Seasons Coffee in the Old Liberty Theater, while supplies last!

Family activity kits for July will include the items you need for an ear trumpet activity, all inside a Color-it-Yourself canvas tote bag while supplies last! Ear trumpets work for birding, and listening to nature, because a funnel collects and amplifies sound in the hearing process. That’s why many animals have large funnel-shaped ears, like deer.

Seasons Coffee Shop at the Old Liberty Theater is located in Historic Downtown Ridgefield. Stop by to get your activity bags, and pick up a coffee, or pastries and gifts! Gifts for sale inside the coffee shop are all local artists and authors, shop and support within our area!

EVENT: Sunday, July 11th, 2021, @ 10 & 11 AM, online!

Second Sundays in 2021 will be virtual and can be viewed on and after the event dates on the Friends Facebook and Youtube Channels.

Craft Details

Tune in to our Facebook page at 10am for a virtual craft demonstration!

Craft Kit includes:

Directions sheet and cut diagram for making an ear trumpet, or listening horn.

Colorable canvas tote bag

(click either page to download)

Speaker Details

Dr. Teresa Wicks (aka Dr. Bird) was born and raised on Takelma, Tolowa dee-ni’, and Latgawa land in the area that is known today as southwestern Oregon. Much of Bird’s childhood, into adulthood, was spent running around in the forests of Oregon while working with their dad. Today Bird lives and works as a conservation biologist and educator on Wadatika Paiute land. Our feathered relatives are Bird’s first love and they have spent countless hours talking with and about, observing, and learning from birds. Through their dissertation, Bird developed a framework for understanding ecological knowledge that decenters colonial perspectives and works to uplift the Land and all our relatives as sovereign beings. Bird strives to reinforce unsettled/decolonized perspectives of birds, birding, science, and nature.

Event hosted by Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex and its partners, the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to this event for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, closed captioning, or other accommodations needs to Josie Finley at Josie_Finley@FWS.gov , 360-887-4106.

TTY 800-877-8339 with your request, by close of business two weeks before the event.