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Date/Time |
Field
Trip or Event |
Details |
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February 17-20, (Fri-Mon) |
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an
annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in
counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are
across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird
watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one
day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event.
It’s free, fun, and easy—and it helps the birds.
www.birdcount.org. |
Just watch birds for at least 15
minutes at any location and tally the highest number of each bird
species you see at any one time. Submit a new checklist for each day
and each new location where you count. |
February 29
(Wed.)
6:30 - 9:00 pm
Location:
Olympia
Community
Center
(downtown
Olympia) |
(This event was originally scheduled
for January 19th but had to be cancelled due to the winter storm.)
Event: BHAS is partnering with
Sierra Club (Sound Sound Group) to present:
Captain Charles Moore
Will Discuss "The Great
Infection of the Sea", detailed in his acclaimed new book
Plastic Ocean.
Seating is limited for this event;
plan to get there early to be assured of a seat. Captain
Moore's recent event in Seattle sold out.
Please visit Captain Moore's
website at www.algalita.org for
more information about the Algalita Marine Research Foundation.
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South Sound Sierra Club
Group has partnered with BHAS and other local environmental groups,
to bring Captain Charles Moore back to
Olympia.
The Captain's new book, Plastic
Ocean: How a Sea Captain’s Chance Discovery Launched a Determined
Quest to Save the Oceans, has just been released, and on this
occasion we will feature a presentation by the author and book
signing to follow.
For more information, please
contact Sierra Club's Susan
Macomson.
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March 2 (Fri) (class)
March 11 (Sun)
(in the field) |
Birding Class:
Gull Class
Instructor: Matt Pike
Did you know that our BHAS region
is one of the most complex areas in the country for studying gulls?
We have multiple species, as well as unique hybrids and complicated
age variations to study right here in our own back yard.
If anyone
can make you at least appreciate gulls, it is Matt Pike, gull-afficianado.
He will be teaching one of our education department field-courses on
the topic of gulls. On March 2nd, there will be a lecture/discussion
on gulls, with the field component on March 11th.
Join the minority. You will leave with at least a respect for the
complexity of gulls, and perhaps even recognize that we live in a
fascinating area for the underappreciated gull.
And stay tuned....plans are underway for a shorebird lecture by Matt
in April. Info will be posted on the web-site as available.
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The cost is $25 which includes the
lecture and field-course, plus gas shared amongst field-course
participants, amount dependent upon location. For additional
information, or to sign up, email Shelley Horn at
shelleysmail@me.com.
Field-course location will be dependent on the gulls, possibly as
far as the coast. |
March 3 (Sat)
5:00 pm:
Social time
and Auction
Perusal
5:30 pm:
Dinner beginsLocation: Olympia Center
222 Columbia Street NW Olympia |
Event:
2012 Black Hills
Audubon Annual Dinner
Featured presentation:
"Washington’s
Not-So-Common Loon"
by
Virginia and Daniel Poleschook
Please join Black Hills Audubon Society chapter members
and guests for our annual potluck dinner, auction fundraiser,
presentation of awards, and a very special presentation by Daniel
and Virginia Poleschook.
The Poleschooks, both nature photographers, specialize in
capturing images of common loons and other water birds.
They also conduct research and perform conservation work
on common loons in the Pacific Northwest. |
We ask you to bring a food dish
to share: either a main dish, side dish, salad, dessert or
appetizer.
In addition, a donation of $10.00 per adult is suggested to
defray the cost of the evening.
Please reserve your spot for this
enjoyable evening! Contact
Meagan Thorn (or call 360-754-5557) to purchase tickets or donate
a quality item or experience for the auction. |
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March 8 (Thurs.)
7-9pm |
BHAS Monthly Program Meeting
presents:
Snow Geese of
Wrangell Island, Russia
by
Vasiliy Baranyuk
These birds, whose flightless young walk an incredible 120 km
distance from the breeding grounds to feeding areas, are the same
birds that winter in the Skagit Valley area.
Wrangel Island, Russia is the most remote Arctic wilderness on the planet. It
has twice as many plant species as any other arctic tundra area of similar size;
the highest density of polar bear dens in the world; and lots of other wildlife,
including the only breeding population of snow geese in Russia.
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Vasiliy Baranyuk has studied the island’s wildlife for the past 30 summers. Vasiliy is also an accomplished photographer, with three decades of stunning
pictures and videos of the island’s diverse wildlife
Arrive at 7:00 pm to socialize – the program will begin promptly at 7:30.
BHAS Program meetings are held on the second Thursday of the
month.
Location:
First Christian Church (meeting hall)
701 Franklin
Street
in downtown Olympia.
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(Saturdays)March 10,
March 17,
March 24,
March 31,
April 7,
April 14
9-11am
Plus two field trips, dates to be determined. |
Class:
Beginning
Birding Class
with
Black Hills Audubon Society
Date: Six Saturday Mornings March 10th to April 14th, 2012
Time: 9:00AM to 11:00AM
Where: The Education
Building at Nisqually Nat’l Wildlife Refuge in Olympia
Cost: $85.00 with the book
(or $75 without book). Includes two field trips. Some Scholarships
are available.
Contact Person: Deb Nickerson 754-5397,
debranick@gmail.com |
Learn more.... |
