Marilyn Ellis, is an Oregon Master Naturalist and Certified Interpretive Guide with over 25 years of experience in  Wildlife Education and Wildlife Rehabilition.    If its wild and it lives in either Oregon or California, chances are she's raised it, nursed it, trained it or released it back into the wild.  But her passion and specialty is birds and she loves to share her knowledge and love for these "celestial beings" that visit our backyards and fly above us every day.

 

 She always has a lot of stories to tell about her own personal journey into the avian world.  Her fun, interactive and hugely informative presentations and workshops also contain beautiful images and interesting artifacts.    

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Marilyn is a former Wildlife Counselor and Wildlife Hospital Assistant for Bird Alliance of Oregon and has been an instructor for Tryon Creek State Park, Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson Bottom and Portland Nature Conservancy.  She is currently an instructor for Portland Community College and has been a guest instructor for Oregon State University Extension Tree School sice 2016.  She also speaks about birds and environmental conservation to groups and organizations in the Portland metro area and on the Central Coast of Oregon.  

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Marilyn lives in Tualatin with her 6 noisy parrots and one very spoiled dog.  ​