“Birdscaping”—Inviting Birds to Your Yard, will be presented by Carolyn Wilcox, owner and guide for Experience Olympic Tours on the Olympic Peninsula.  Carolyn will share her expertise from living on a mall urban-forest edge lot in Port Angeles near Valley Creek. More than 20 species of birds have accepted Carolyn’s invitation to winter over in her yard, including Downy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pine Siskin, American Goldfinch, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Townsend’s Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Fox Sparrow! Carolyn will explain how to create varied bird habitat with dead wood (snags, nurse logs, brush piles), hedges, native plants, feeders, nest boxes, and water features—all while promoting the safe movement of birds throughout the surroundings.  She will also cover ways to avoid rats, mice, and other interlopers.  Come learn from Carolyn and begin to plan for a bird bonanza in your yard this season!

Port Townsend Community Center, Lawrence & Tyler: the public is invited