All day trip to Tokeland, Westport and Bottle Beach. This will be a great day for seeing the shorebird migration. Hundreds, if not thousands, of shorebirds will be in fall plumage. Spotting scopes will be available to help see the birds. This is a great opportunity to work on shorebird identification. Beginning birders welcome! WHEN: ... Read more
MONDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH 4:30 – 6:00ish PM BOSTON HARBOR MARINA 312 73RD AVE NE OLYMPIA This venue is absolutely delightful for an afternoon get-together. Stop by and enjoy the gorgeous scenery from Boston Harbor. Birds and Brew is a social time for folks to gather and talk all things avian. This is open to Black ... Read more
Birding at Pioneer Park Date and Time: Saturday, September 21. Meet at 8 AM and plan around two hours for the walk. Trip Leader: Bonnie Wood Description and Targets: This will be a beginner-friendly outing. We will be looking for songbirds, woodpeckers, and anything else with feathers! Meeting Place: Pioneer Park, 5801 Henderson Blvd SE, ... Read more
Tuesday, September 24th at 6:00 PM Vic’s Pizzeria Eastside After a refreshing summer hiatus, the BHAS Book Club will return on September 24th to discuss a brand new bestselling book by Amy Tan: The Backyard Bird Chronicles! You read Anne’s amazing review of this book in the Echo; now is your chance to experience ... Read more
Birding With Breakfast Date: Saturday, October 5 Time: 7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Leaders: Cori Halverson and Debby Johnson Description: Birding at Woodard Bay Conservation Area. Especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders. Habitats include mixed evergreen and deciduous forest, tidal stream, and shoreline. Meeting location: From Olympia: take Boston Harbor Road north, then right ... Read more
Saturday, 19 October 2024, 8 AM-noon Leaders: Kyle Leader, Anders Price Description and Targets: This will be a beginner-friendly outing. Parking: Parking is limited so participants must contact Kyle Leader at kchuckles11@yahoo.com to coordinate carpooling from Millersylvania State Park. Trail information: From the parking lot off 143rd Ave SE, visitors pass through a gate, then ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW MONDAY OCTOBER 21ST 4:30 – 6:00ish EQUAL LATIN RESTAURANT & BAR 2752 PACIFIC AVE SE OLYMPIA PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF LOCATION Birds and Brew is a social time for folks to gather and talk about birds and birding. This is open to Black Hills members and non-members alike. Although it ... Read more
Date: Sunday, 27 October 2024 Start/End: Meet at 9 AM and plan around two hours for the walk. Trip leader: Lin Stern Description: The walk is around the North Pool of Capitol Lake focusing on waterfowl. Location: Meet at Marathon Park, Olympia. Look for people with scopes and binoculars. Restrooms are available at Marathon Park. ... Read more
Date: Saturday, November 2 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (still on PDT, but note the later starting time) Leader: Lin Stern Description: Birding with Breakfast at Capitol Lake. Participants will view birds on the water on both the North and South Pools, and related areas. Birding with Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning ... Read more
When: Sunday, 3 November 9:30-11:30 AM Leader: Grace Thornton Description: Perhaps the single most overlooked gem in Lewis County, this state park is a tremendous masterpiece that spans 56 miles from Chehalis in Lewis County out to South Bend in Pacific County. It is a long trail that was once a railroad, so it is ... Read more
Date: Saturday, 9 November 2024, 9-11 AM Trip leader: Jason Zolle Location: Meet on the beach at Tolmie State Park. Look for people with spotting scopes and binoculars. Tolmie State Park is in NE Thurston County. A Discover Pass is required at Tolmie State Park. Description: This outing involves scanning the waters at Tolmie State ... Read more
Join Capitol Land Trust (CLT) and Puget Sound Estuarium to witness one of nature’s most extraordinary displays of migration and resilience. Every fall thousands of chum salmon return from the Pacific Ocean to Johns Creek at our Bayshore Preserve where their lives began. Here they spawn, marking the transition of one generation of salmon to the next. Salmon docents ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW MONDAY NOVEMBER 18TH 4:30 – 6:00ish EQUAL LATIN RESTAURANT & BAR 2752 PACIFIC AVE SE OLYMPIA Birds and Brew is a social time for folks to gather and talk about birds and birding. This is open to Black Hills members and non-members alike. Although it starts at 4:30 pm, it is ... Read more
Next Book and Meeting Details Tuesday, November 19th at 5:30 PM RSVP for Meeting Location With both a pizza dinner and an amazing journal of art, The Backyard Bird Chronicles, behind us, it is now time to move ahead and dive into our next book: Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering ... Read more
Do You Have a Teen in Your Life? Here is an opportunity to introduce them to birding.
Date: Saturday, December 7 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Leader: Bob Wadsworth Description: Birding with Breakfast at Black Lake Meadows. One mile gravel walkway (old road) with shrub/wetland habitat. Area managed by Olympia Parks, Arts, and Recreation. Birding with Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders. Breakfast location TBD. Meeting ... Read more
Birding at the Kennedy Creek Estuary DNR Interpretive Site Date: Saturday, December 14th. Start/End: From 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This will be a good tide level for shorebirds. Participants can arrive any time during the period. Observations are from a single, generously sized location at the end of a 100-yard path. Location: Kennedy Creek ... Read more
It’s fun, it’s important, and this year it is 125 years old. It’s the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The CBC has become a happy tradition for volunteers in over 20 countries in the western Hemisphere. Each year it is conducted between December 14 and January 5, and last year 83,000 volunteers counted 40 ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW MONDAY DECEMBER 16TH 4:30 – 6:00ish EQUAL LATIN RESTAURANT & BAR 2752 PACIFIC AVE SE OLYMPIA Birds and Brew is a social time for folks to gather and talk about birds and birding. This is open to Black Hills members and non-members alike. Although it starts at 4:30 pm, it is ... Read more
It’s fun, it’s important, and this year it is 125 years old. It’s the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. The CBC has become a happy tradition for volunteers in over 20 countries in the western Hemisphere. Each year it is conducted between December 14 and January 5, and last year 83,000 volunteers counted 40 ... Read more
