BIRDS AND BREW DECEMBER 19TH 4:30 – 6 PM LOCATION: FISH TALE BREW PUB 515 JEFFERSON ST SE, OLYMPIA We will now be meeting indoors to gather and talk. We have our own table area so be sure to ask where we are if you don’t see us. This is open to Black Hills ... Read more
Easy Ways to Submit Comments for the Scope of the Thurston Comprehensive Plan Update BY JANUARY 6 Your opinion will count for a lot in the first stage of the two-year process of creating Thurston County’s new comprehensive plan. The new comp plan, called Thurston 2045, will be the basis of all county codes, plans ... Read more
Date: Saturday, January 7 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 Leader: Jennifer DeSelle Description: Birding without Breakfast starting at Marathon Park near Capitol Lake. Participants will view birds on the water on both the North and South Pools, and related areas. Birding without Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders. Participants will need ... Read more
Date: Saturday, 14 January 2023. Meet at 8 AM and plan around two hours for the walk. Trip leader: Kyle Leader. Registration and more information available from Kyle Leader at kchuckles11@yahoo.com Location: Meet at Marathon Park, Olympia. Look for people with scopes and binoculars. Description: The walk is around the North Pool of Capitol Lake ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW JANUARY 16TH 4:30 – 6 PM LOCATION: FISH TALE BREW PUB 515 JEFFERSON ST SE OLYMPIA We are now meeting indoors to gather and talk. We have our own table area so be sure to ask where we are if you don’t see us. This is open to Black Hills members ... Read more
Date: Friday, 27 January 2023. Meet at 9 AM for a two hour bird walk. Location: Meet at parking lot just north of Swantown Marina boat launch on Marine Drive NE, Olympia. Look for people with scopes and binoculars. Description: The walk starts from the parking lot, then out the transient dock/boat launch, then south ... Read more
Date: Saturday, February 4 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 Leader: Jen DeSelle, Bob Wadsworth, and Carla Miller Description: Birding without Breakfast at Billy Frank, Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Birding without Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders. Participants will need to follow current COVID-19 protocols and sign a liability form relating ... Read more
Winter Birding at Ocean Shores, WA Trip leader: Timothy Leque Registration: Email Tim Leque to register at timleque@hotmail.com Description: We will start the morning at Oyhut Wildlife Area, meeting at the entrance and parking area at Tonquin Ave at 8:00 AM. A Discover Pass is required to park at Oyhut. From the parking area we ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW FEBRUARY 20TH 4:30 – 6 PM LOCATION: FISH TALE BREW PUB 515 JEFFERSON ST SE OLYMPIA We are now meeting indoors to gather and talk. We have our own table area so be sure to ask where we are if you don’t see us. This is open to Black Hills members ... Read more
Birding Trip to Squaxin Park Trip Leader: Lin Stern Meeting Place: We will meet in the parking lot just off of East Bay Drive Northeast, near the Ellis Cove Trailhead. Look for folks with binoculars. Description: This 1.5 mile walk offers great views of Ellis Cove and Budd Inlet as you make your way through ... Read more
FIELD TRIP TO POINT NO POINT AREA Date: MARCH 11TH All day trip. Leaders: Kyle Leader and Kathleen Snyder Registration Required: ksnyder75@gmail.com Trip limited to 16 participants. Black Hills Audubon is trying out a carpool field trip once more. We will take four cars with four people in each. MASKING will be required during car ... Read more
Next Book Club Meeting! via Zoom on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:00 PM Last month, a lovely small group of Black Hills Audubon members met via Zoom to chat about Noah Strycker’s book, “Birding Without Borders”. We pondered highlights from his travels and experiences during his record-breaking Big Year, and enjoyed likening some of his ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW March 20TH 4:30 – 6 PM LOCATION: FISH TALE BREW PUB 515 JEFFERSON ST SE OLYMPIA We are now meeting indoors to gather and talk. We have our own table area so be sure to ask where we are if you don’t see us. This is open to Black Hills members ... Read more
Birding Field Trip to the Discovery Trail in Centralia, Lewis Co. When: March 25, 2023. Time 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Trip Leader: Grace Thornton Registration: Pre-registration for this is not required, but is advised so we don’t leave anyone behind or if you have any questions. Contact Grace by email gracethornton12@gmail.com Description: The Discovery ... 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
Birding Without Breakfast, April 1 at Mission Creek Nature Park Date: Saturday, April 1 Time: 7:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Leader: Bob Wadsworth Description: Birding (without Breakfast) at Mission Creek Nature Park. Walk on paths through a 37-acre city park nestled in northeast Olympia. It encompasses a wide variety of habitats, including wetlands, open grasslands ... Read more
Every April and May, thousands upon thousands of shorebirds arrive along the Washington Coast during their spring migration. This class will teach you to identify those shorebirds (as well as the resident shorebirds who will be on the beaches at the same time). In addition, specific information as to where the birds can be found ... Read more
Every April and May, thousands upon thousands of shorebirds arrive along the Washington Coast during their spring migration. This class will teach you to identify those shorebirds (as well as the resident shorebirds who will be on the beaches at the same time). In addition, specific information as to where the birds can be found ... Read more
When: April 8th 8:30-11am Trip leader: Kyle Leader Registration: Registration is not required; if you have any questions about the trip, contact Kyle Leader: kchuckles11@yahoo.com Description: Approximately 2 miles of walking on mostly level paved and gravel trails at a leisurely pace. Restrooms: Single occupancy restrooms In the parking area. What to bring: Binoculars, water, warm ... Read more
Date: Sunday, April 16. Meet at 8 AM and plan around two hours for the walk. Trip leader: Lin Stern Location: From Olympia, drive west for two miles on Hwy 101. Take the exit for Black Lake Boulevard, turning left on Black Lake Boulevard. In 3.5 miles the road turns right to become 62nd Avenue. ... Read more
