Who We Are

Students look at an American Kestrel on our weekly campus bird walks, 2022

OSU Bird Nerds is a student run ornithological club at OSU. Our mission is to provide OSU students with an opportunity to learn more about the amazing world of birds through bird-related activities, résumé-building experiences, speakers from the ornithological community, species identification workshops, and field trips and to share the knowledge gained from these activities with the Corvallis birding community through volunteer, education, and conservation involvement.

Newport Birding Trip, 2022

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Field Trip, 2014

Student Introduction to Birds in SE Oregon and the Northern Great Basin Field Trip, 2016

What We Do

Chintimini Wildlife Center presenting their Raptor Ambassadors, Fall 2015.

Willamette Valley Bird Symposium, 2016

Birding at Steens Mountain in SE Oregon, 2016. photo by Peter Kappes

- Weekly Campus Birding Walks
- Monthly Birding Trips
- Bird Identification Workshops
- Once-a-term big trips such as the Pelagic trip
- Professional Development Workshops
- Tree Climbing Workshop
- Mist netting Workshop
- Winter Raptor Surveys
- Owl Surveys
- Evening Grosbeak Surveys
- and many more!
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Our Involvement in the Community

OSU Bird Nerds has partnered and collaborated with organizations such as:
- Oregon 2020
- Audubon Society of Corvallis
- Oregon Birding Association
- East Cascade Audubon Society
- Willamette Valley Bird Symposium
- American Ornithological Union
- eBird
- Greenbelt Land Trust
- Neighborhood Naturalists

Student Introduction to Birds in SE Oregon and the Northern Great Basin Field Trip, 2016. photo by Mamo Waianuhea