Information taken from the Birds Connect Seattle website, please follow this link for the original post

Neighborhood Bird Outings are open to all with no pre-registration required. Group size will vary.

Outings occur rain or shine, though will be canceled for dangerous weather conditions.

Please leave pets at home.

Leaders: Julia Hansbrough & Dick Holcomb & Shelly Evans

Meeting Point: Center for Urban Horticulture in the E16 parking lot off NE 41st Street, one block beyond the place where Mary Gates Memorial Drive turns left to become NE 41st Street

Bike Parking: Yes; bike rack in back of building

Trip Accessibility: 1 (leisurely pace), B (mostly gravel trails, with some soft ground or mud), ~1.5 miles walking

Union Bay Natural Area, just east of the University of Washington, offers a range of habitats: wetland to forest to open fields. Likely birds this time of year include bufflehead, marsh wren, and yellow-rumped warbler, and possible birds include fox sparrow, belted kingfisher, and redhead.