Nest Box Building Class
Organizer: Dungeness River Nature Center
Organizer Email: info@DungenessRiverCenter.org
Organizer Phone: 360-681-4076
Organizer Website: https://DungenessRiverCenter.org/
It’s the 26th year OPAS and the River Center have offered this family-friendly experience!
In this class you will learn why we build nest boxes, and how to build your own.
A short presentation will be followed by hands-on assembly of your box that you can take home and install in your yard. Materials, tools, and expert assistance provided! Children are encouraged to participate in the building process with family guidance and supervision.
Saturday, Feb 28, 2026 – 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Dungeness River Nature Center
Register here!
Fee: $40 per nest box for DRNC members, $50 for non-members; class size will be limited (fee covers materials & supports Center’s programs). Individuals and families are allowed to work on a box together.
Must pre-register – 18 nest boxes available
Since 1998, Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society has offered classes on the design and fabrication of nest boxes. Again, this year we are offering our annual class to our local community. In this class you will learn why we build nest boxes, which birds use them, and how to build your own! Class includes a short, illustrated presentation followed by hands-on assembly of a box from a precut kit, that attendees will take home to install near their homes. Class fee includes: Illustrated presentation, a nest box kit (cut from local rough-sawn cedar), assembly materials, needed assembly tools, and expert assistance. This is a family event, carpentry skills not required, please bring light work gloves, if you are allergic to raw cedar wood. Program will be led by Ken Wiersema, a volunteer instructor in our Center for over 25 years, assisted by several local craft folks.