Learn the art of bird, nature and landscape photography and bird drawing. Enjoy ceramic bird creations and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal totem poles and hear from a noted professional artist and illustrator.

These are all opportunities offered at the 2016 Olympic BirdFest.

The fun begins during Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk on April 1 from 5-8 p.m. As in past years, Jake Reichner’s Sequim High School ceramics students will use their imagination to make bird creations, which will be displayed at various downtown Sequim shops.

At the Art Walk, pick up a BirdFest Bird Quest game card to match the birds to each of the 12 participating merchants and vote for the “People’s Choice Award.”

The three top vote-getting students will receive a cash prize, donated by the merchants.

There also will be a drawing for game entrants. Winners will be announced at the close of Art Walk at 8 p.m. at That Takes the Cake Bakery, 171 W. Washington St.

Then, during the weekend of April 15-17, BirdFest offers two photo classes new to the Olympic Peninsula. Special guest instructor John Greengo will teach nature and landscape photography at the Dungeness Audubon River Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 17. He teaches regularly in Seattle and online with CreativeLive and leads tours worldwide. BirdFest is proud to bring him back to Sequim after his excellent, sold-out travel photography class in 2015.

Local photographer Chris Perry teaches a more specialized photo class, “Birds in Flight,” from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Jamestown S’Klallam Log Cabin (U.S. Highway 101 at West Sequim Bay Road). Perry has been refining this challenging art for several years now and will share his successful techniques.

Also on Saturday, artist and instructor Robert Amaral will offer a Bird Drawing Class from 1-4 p.m. at the River Center. He will do drawing demonstrations and basic instruction, and you will draw birds from the center’s extensive collection of mounts.

The always popular Totem Tour of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal poles will be offered Friday, April 15, and again on Saturday, April 16. Both tour sessions will meet at the Seven Cedars Casino at 9 a.m. and each lasts for approximately two hours. Hear renowned, newly retired lead carver Dale Faulstich describe legends that inspired the designs and visit the “House of Myths” where the artwork is created.

And the BirdFest banquet, at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Red Cedar Room from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, will feature a multi-talented speaker, well known for his pen and ink illustrations and his bronze and stone artwork: award-winning artist and author Tony Angell. His presentation will be “Revealing the Secret Lives of Owls” and his book, “The House of Owls,” will be available for purchase and autograph.

For more information, costs and registration, see the Olympic BirdFest web page, www.olympicbirdfest.org, call the River Center, 681-4076 or e-mail info@olympicbirdfest.org.

The Olympic BirdFest is a partnership of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, Dungeness River Audubon Center and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Proceeds from this festival support educational programs of the Dungeness River Audubon Center.