Events
BIKES rides: Various starting locations; Membership and ride info at www.bikesclub.org.
Everett Mountaineers: Meetings at 7 p.m. first Wednesday of the month, Snohomish County East Administration Building, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. www.everettmountaineers.org.
Greg’s Custom Fishing Rods: 12405 20th St. NE, Lake Stevens; registration required at 425-335-1391; www.gregscustomrods.com.
• Fly-casting lessons scheduled on an individual basis. Call our shop to make arrangements.
North Sound Sea Kayaking Association: Club details at www.nsseakayaker.homestead.com; 360-652-5510. Trip details at 360-691-9436.
Over-the-Hill-Hikers: Various times on Thursdays, Edmonds Senior Center, 220 Railroad Ave.; www.scscedmonds.org. Most trips cost $13 for senior center members and $16 for nonmembers. To sign up, call 425-513-9374. All hikes meet and park at United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St., Edmonds. Each hike is limited to 10 hikers.
• 8 a.m. June 23; Heather Lake (Mountain Loop Highway), 4 miles, medium difficulty, 1,000 feet elevation gain.
Pilchuck Audubon Society: Birding trips, pack a lunch if it’s not provided; www.pilchuck audubon.org.
• Ellensburg area; meet at 6:30 a.m. June 14, at the Monroe park-and-ride. We will bird portions of Umtanum Creek, Robinson Canyon and other areas. Hope to see yellow-breasted chat, warbling vireo, lazuli bunting and maybe canyon and rock wren. Leaders: Margaret Bridge 360-862-1694, Virginia Clark 360-435-3750.
• Big Four Meadows; meet at 7:30 a.m. June 21 at the Frontier Village park-and-ride, 9600 Market Place, Lake Stevens. Bring something to share for the annual potluck bird trip. Contact trip leader Virginia Clark (360-435-3750) if you want to know what to bring. At the meadows expect swallows, hummingbirds, swifts, warblers, vireos and dippers. A trailhead pass will be needed, but is obtainable en route.
• Mid-Whidbey Island; Meet at 7:30 a.m. June 28 at Quilceda Village Walmart lot. Birding will be in the area between Crockett Lake and Swantown on Whidbey Island. Leaders: Virginia Clark 360-435-3750, Art Wait 360-563-0181.
Sierra Club, Snohomish Group: Event locations vary; 425-737-0350; www.cascade.sierraclub.org/directory/groups/snohomish.
Sound Steppers Volkssport Club: 425-397-7301; www.soundsteppers.org. Meets 6:15 p.m. first Thursdays, Crossroad Church, 18527 60th Ave. W., Lynnwood. See www.meetup.com/walkers-574 for details and a future walk schedule.
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