Outdoors calendar

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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.

North Sound Sea Kayaking Association: Club details at www.nsseakayaker.homestead.com; 360-652-5510. Trip details at 360-691-9436. Free meetings, 7 p.m. first Thursdays October through May, Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd., Everett, unless otherwise noted.

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. Call Larry Weimer, 425-513-9374, before signing up for the trip. For all hikes meet and park at United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St., Edmonds. Each hike is limited to 10 people.

Pilchuck Audubon Society: Birding trips, pack a lunch if it’s not provided; www.pilchuckaudubon.org.

• Nov. 1, Snohomish area: Meet at 8:00 a.m. at Snohomish Park and Ride, (junction of Highway 9 and Bickford Avenue. Leader: Art Wait 360-563-0181.

• Nov. 8, Birch Bay/Semiahmoo/Drayton Harbor: Meet at 7:30 a.m. at Quilceda Village Walmart. Should see migrating waterfowl and shorebirds. Wilma Bayes will provide lunch at her beach cabin. Leaders: Wilma Bayes 360-629-2028, Virginia Clark 360-435-3750.

• Nov. 15, North Everett to South Marysville: Meet at 8 a.m. at Legion Park in Everett. North Everett waterfront and the Snohomish River estuary, including the Marysville and Everett Sewage Facilities. Eagles, hawks, waterfowl, shorebirds and gulls. Leader: 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.

To submit an item for the Outdoors calendar, email features@heraldnet.com or send it to [“]Outdoors Calendar,” The Herald, P.O. Box 930, Everett, WA 98206.

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