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Saturday, April 13, join villager Anjala Ehelebe for easy, accessible birding at Stiegerwald National Wildlife Refuge. All are welcome; this will be geared for beginning to intermediate level birders. Meeting Location: the parking lot for Steigerwald Lake NWR is off SR 14 east of Washougal (45.571534, -122.320238). I'll have a bright banner so you can find me. The main Refuge entrance has a parking lot with one ADA van accessible spot/unloading area and one additional ADA accessible parking spot on the east side of the lot near the trailhead kiosk.

https://www.fws.gov/refuge/steigerwald-lake

The birdwalk can be a 3.5 mile out and back hike at a 1 A classification for speed and slope (relatively slow and flat terrain) but we'll adjust for the abilities of those who come.

Dress for possible harsh wind and rain. You may wish to download the Merlin application onto your cell phone, it helps identify birds by sounds and colors. E-bird is a fun one, and so is iNaturalist. Bring your binoculars and bird i.d. books. Also a water bottle. The restrooms are near the parking lot but there are none in the refuge, so hydrate mindfully.

Please contact Anjala at Anjalansv@gmail.com to RSVP so she knows to wait for you.