WE ARE HAVING A PICNIC! The weather forecast looks great and the Covid numbers are reasonable so we are going ahead with our annual picnic plans. Please join us at Priest Point Park -now Squaxin Park - at the Rose Garden Shelter for a picnic on Sunday, June 26th. 3:30 pm - Optional bird walk ... Read more
LADY ALDERBROOK CRUISE IS BACK!! Join us on Sunday, October 2 from 12 noon to 2:00 cruising the Hood Canal on the Lady Alderbrook. We will board the Lady Alderbrook at the Alderbrook Resort in Union and spend two hours enjoying the birds with professional guides Bruce LaBar, Gene Revelas, and Bill Tweit. As in ... Read more
BIRDING OPEN HOUSE IN SOUTH PUGET SOUND SATURDAY MARCH 25, 11 AM TO 1 PM The Kennedy Creek estuary, located at the end of Totten Inlet between Olympia and Shelton, boasts some of the highest concentrations of wintering waterfowl and shorebirds in the far south of Puget Sound. Hundreds of Dunlin spend the winter months ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
Black Birders Week started in 2020 sparked by an event in New York City's Central Park. Christian Cooper, a biomedical-journal editor and board member of New York City Audubon, was birding in the park when he encountered a loose dog. Mr. Cooper asked the dog's owner to leash her dog. The woman called the police ... Read more
The Black Hills Audubon Annual Picnic will be held on the afternoon of Sunday, June 25th. We will meet at the Rose Shelter at Squaxin Park (formerly Priest Point Park) in Olympia. We will start gathering at 3:30 with dinner and a short program starting at 4:30. After a rousing game of Bird Bingo (with ... Read more
Friends of BHAS Invited to Remember Burt Guttman Burt Guttman’s friends and family will gather on Sunday, November 12 at 2 p.m. at the Prosperity Grange on Steamboat Island to share memories of Burt. Burt was a long-time educator, author, and advocate for protecting our planet, but he was especially passionate about birds and birding! ... Read more
Burt Guttman Memorial Walk On Monday, January 15th there will be a Burt Guttman Memorial walk around Capitol Lake from 9am to noon. Burt was a longtime professor at TESC and volunteered for Black Hills Audubon for many years, teaching classes, leading field trips, writing articles and editing the Echo. Capitol Lake was a favorite ... Read more
33rd BHAS Annual Dinner Saturday, March 2, 2024 4:30 pm: Social Time 5:30 pm: Catered Dinner South Puget Sound Community College Student Union Building #27 2011 Mottman Road SW Olympia Dinner will be a scrumptious buffet which includes several vegetarian and vegan options. The menu includes: Grilled Pork Tenderloin, Citrus Marinated Chicken, Asiago Sun-dried Tomato Pasta Casserole, ... Read more
Grab the family and join us for a kickoff event on Saturday, May 18th. Pages from the children’s book How To Find a Bird by Jennifer Ward will be posted along the Johns Creek Trail at Bayshore Preserve. The book is designed for children from preschool through third grade, but all can enjoy the vibrant illustrations ... Read more
This is the 4th year for the LGBT (Let's Go Birding Together) birding walk at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. This outing is sponsored by PFLAG, USFW, and Black Hills Audubon. Time is 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Meet at the Education Center. The taxidermy display will be available to view. We will ... Read more
Saturday, June 8 Register for this event at the bottom of Capitol Land Trust’s announcement here: https://capitollandtrust.org/bird-outing-to-bayshore-preserve/ Join Capitol Land Trust and Black Hills Audubon Society on a bird outing to Bayshore Preserve. Participants will get to witness Bayshore Preserve’s transformation from golf course to nature preserve. Bayshore Preserve is a 78-acre nature preserve conserved ... Read more
SAVE THE DATE BHAS ANNUAL PICNIC SUNDAY JUNE 23RD 3:30 – 6:00 PM SQUAXIN PARK ROSE GARDEN PICNIC SHELTER OLYMPIA It’s time to gather for our annual picnic at Squaxin Park Rose Garden picnic shelter. Put the event on your calendar and look for details in our June Echo. We will be honoring our award ... Read more
Thursday, August 8, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm PDT Registration link below Join us for a virtual gathering of Audubon Around the Sound, featuring guest Speakers Noah Linck, Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellow with the Washington Department of Ecology and Jay Krienitz, Coast and Oceans Management Unit Supervisor with the Department of Ecology Registration link: ... Read more
