2023 Ladd Marsh Bird Festival
Schedule of Events
Printable Schedule in PDF
Friday, May 19
Friday activities will be at the Union County Senior Center, 1504 North Albany, La Grande.
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm |
- Register or check in and receive your passport with information directing you to staffed birding stations and other “birdy” areas.
- Register for field trips if you haven’t done so already online.
- Enjoy a guest speaker (this year it is Cathy Nowak who will talk about her work with Sandhill Cranes), music and snacks, pick-up some Friends of Ladd Marsh merchandise, and chat with friends.
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Saturday, May 20
4:45 am |
Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area opens to public access with passport; see the map at the following link for details: Ladd Marsh Bird Festival. |
6:00 am |
- Register at the Festival Information Trailer in the Tule Lake Public Access Area on Peach Road.
- Register for available spaces on field trips.
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6:00 am – 12 Noon |
Staffed Birding Stations open. |
8:00 am |
Field trip at GROWISER on Pumpkin Ridge starts. Participants travel to the site on their own, so plan on leaving La Grande by 7:30 am. Directions here: GROWISER |
9:00am |
Taking the kids to school field trip leaves Station 5; see Ladd Marsh Bird Festival map. |
12 Noon |
Registration closes. |
8:45 pm |
Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area closes to public access. Sunday |
Sunday, May 21
4:30 am – 10:30 am |
Field trips depart from designated locations as follows. Please plan to be at the meeting places 15 minutes before departure time:
- 5:00 am – Rhinehart Canyon for Early Risers – UC Senior Center
- 6:30 am – Inside the Marsh – Peach Lane Fishing Pond
- 6:30 am – Birds and Botany of the Pondera Pine Forest – UC Senior Center
- 6:30 am – Birding for Beginners – UC Senior Center
- 6:30 am – Grande Ronde Valley Hotspots – Peach Road Registration Area
- 8:00 am – GROWISER – participants drive on their own to starting point at GROWISER.
- 9:00 am – Taking the kids to school – Station 5
- 10:30 am Rhinehart Canyon for Afternooners – UC Senior Center
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4:45 am |
Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area opens to public access with passport. |
8:45 pm |
Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area closes to public access. |