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Announcing the 10th Annual Dean Hale Woodpecker festival.  Online registration opens April 1. The Festival is headquartered in beautiful Sisters, Oregon and takes place June 4-7, 2020.  This is a very popular festival and most tours fill very quickly, sometimes within a day of registration opening. This year, participants have a choice of twenty-nine guided tours in search of 11 different woodpecker species and 200 other birds that make central Oregon a birding hot spot.     Study the list of trips in advance of registration to be sure you can be ready to sign up early on April 1.

The non-profit East Cascades Audubon Society (ECAS) sponsors the Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival, which offers a fun, friendly, casual atmosphere that is all about the birds. The trips are affordable, limited in size and guided by two local volunteers.  The proceeds support ECAS education and conservation projects.  

 Tour details, registration and more information website: http://www.ecaudubon.org/dean-hale-woodpecker-festival.   Questions can be directed to dhwf2020@… or Sherrie Pierce 541-548-4641.