2026 Shorebird Survey Opportunities
Each year, we rely on volunteers to help with surveys. We accept volunteers of any skill level, pairing newer volunteers/bird identifiers with more experienced folks.
We have many plans for the coming year and are inviting you to help support them by contributing to our End of Year Fundraising goal of $20,000!
Planning to visit Malheur National Wildlife Refuge? Allow us to assist you! Learn more about the history and why it was created in the early 1900s.
Learn about the Projects, Programs, and Events that we are working on. Join the Friends with volunteer, sponsorship, and giving opportunities.
Each year, we rely on volunteers to help with surveys. We accept volunteers of any skill level, pairing newer volunteers/bird identifiers with more experienced folks.
These are admirable goals, but we must make sure that the review process hears from those many of us who care so deeply about places like Malheur.
This system uses antennas to listen for messages from special radio tags that have been attached to wildlife by researchers all over the world. Different size tags can be attached to...
How did you come to this job? Malheur has been a thread running through my whole career, starting with my first seasonal job on the Refuge as a teenager....
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Peter Pearsall If you’ve ever been in a grocery store parking lot and locked eyes with a glossy black bird strutting like it owns the place,...
These areas continue to provide good birding through mid April, but locating birds on a given day may take some scouting in order to find the concentration areas.
Now that’s a #SuperbOwl right there. • Video of a young burrowing owl exercising its wings as its family looks on by Lane Wintermute #burrowingowl #owl #oregondesert #friendsofmalheur
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An American kestrel harassing a red-tailed hawk that strayed too close to its territory. This is a great side-by-side comparison of the size difference between these two raptors! 📸 of red-tailed hawk and kestrel in flight by Craig Strobeck #americankestrel #redtailedhawk #highdesert #oregondesert #friendsofmalheur
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