Speaker Series & Outreach Events

BHAS Program and Election via ZOOM Thursday, May 12th 7 PM Speaker: Derek Stinson – WA Dept Fish & Wildlife Registration Required Washington hosts both the marine-oriented Brown Pelican, and the freshwater focused American White Pelican. Both species were state-listed as endangered but have made a come-back in numbers here in recent decades, partly as a ... Read more

SEPTEMBER PROGRAM SPEAKER (VIA ZOOM) BIRDIE BIG YEAR:  ELEVATING WOMEN BIRDERS  With Tiffany Kersten, owner of Nature Ninja Birding Tours THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH, 7 PM REGISTER HERE: Tiffany Kersten is a Wisconsin native, turned Texan by way of New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Northland College, and has ... Read more

October Speaker Program via Zoom Dr. Kim Adelson, PhD Thursday October 13th   7 pm   For hundreds of years, birds have been considered incapable of advanced thought or learning.  This is why the phrase “bird brain” is commonly used to denote persons who are dolts or simpletons. But… do birds really deserve this bad rap? ... Read more

SPEAKER PROGRAM VIA ZOOM BIRDING TIPS LEARNED THROUGH A MISSPENT YOUTH Cameron Cox Thursday November 10th 7 pm Cameron spent his early adulthood traveling the country in search of birds. The lessons he learned were earned by sleeping on picnic tables to avoid nocturnal snake snuggling, having his most prominent piece of household décor be ... Read more

BIRDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER PROGRAM VIA ZOOM THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 2022 7 PM STEVE HAMPTON, Ph.D. Are you wondering what is happening with our resident, migratory and changing bird species?  Steve Hampton has some of the answers.  He will share with us “Birds & Climate Change:  The Changes That Are Already Happening, With a ... Read more

JANUARY SPEAKER PROGRAM RARE BIRDS OF BILLY FRANK JR. NISQUALLY NWR With Shep Thorp, DVM Thursday January 12th at 7 pm via Zoom   There are many of us who attend the Wednesday bird walks at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.  It is a premier birding spot that has wonderful birds all ... Read more

SPEAKER PROGRAM CASUAL BIRDING – A PRACTICE OF BEING IN NATURE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9th   7 PM VIA ZOOM With Faraaz Abdool Casual birding goes by various labels, but all underpin a common ethic: passive observation of birds. By undertaking this practice, we can embrace experiences which would have bypassed us entirely under other circumstances. ... Read more

MARCH 9TH 7 PM VIA ZOOM AVIAN MONITORING ON JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD  Tim Leque and Stephanie Augustine   Tim Leque, JBLM Fish and Wildlife, and Stephanie Augustine, Ecostudies Institute, are working on our neighboring military base and plan to give an overview of the avian monitoring that occurs on JBLM including Western Bluebird and ... Read more

APRIL SPEAKER PROGRAM—APRIL 13th at 7 PM VIA ZOOM THE IMPORTANCE OF BEAVERS TO HEALTHY ECOSYSTEMS With Ben Goldfarb   Ben Goldfarb is the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, winner of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in ... Read more

Monthly Speaker Program THURSDAY    MAY 11    7 PM   VIA ZOOM Mike Schroeder, PhD. WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife Michael Schroeder received his Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, his Master of Science degree from the University of Alberta for research on spruce grouse, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Colorado State University ... Read more

Black Hills Audubon Society Speaker Series With Jim Watson, WDFW Researcher Thursday  September 14th  7 pm Both in person and via Zoom Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia   NOTE:  Jim will be speaking to us via Zoom but you can watch his presentation in a live audience at the Temple.  We have ... Read more

Restoration of an Extinct Eastern Grassland By Douglas Gill, PhD, Professor emeritus Thursday, October 12th at 7 pm Professor Gill will be speaking via Zoom From College Park, Maryland You may join us at Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia Or watch from home   The habitat in greatest peril both world-wide and ... Read more

Seattle’s Adaptable Urban Cooper’s Hawks With Ed Deal, Master Birder & Falcon Enthusiast Thursday, November 9th  -  Social time 6:30, Program at 7 pm Ed will be speaking to us in person At Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia Please Join Us! To watch at home via Zoom, see link below. Thirty years ... Read more

Midway Island Seabirds With Elizabeth Rodrick, BHAS Member Thursday, December 14th  - via Zoom Watch with us At Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia Social time 6:30, Program at 7 pm or from home (see link below) Elizabeth Rodrick will reminisce about living on Midway Island as a Navy brat during 1957-58 and ... Read more

A Tale of Two Puffins:  Two Ecosystems, Two Islands, Two Puffins By Scott F Pearson, DFW Thursday, January 11th at 7 pm - Social time 6:30 pm Dr. Pearson will be giving his talk live at Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia You can also view it via Zoom – see link below ... Read more

Under the Surface: Bird Bones and Skeletons By David Lukas Thursday, October 10th at 7 pm David gave a very popular presentation on bird song to us in April 2024 This will be a Zoom presentation – see link below We will also be gathering at 6:30 at Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    ... Read more

November Speaker Program Focus on Raptors – Exploring Form and Function With Alina Blankenship, Perch Wildlife Education featuring Live Birds! Thursday, November 14th at Temple Beth Hatfiloh The meeting will start at 6:30 pm with the talk starting at around 7:00 NOTE: There will be NO Zoom presentation of this event. Please join us for ... Read more

With Thomas Bancroft - biologist, author, science policy advisor and exceptional photographer. The speaker will be with us in person at Temple Beth Hatfiloh. Social time starts at 6:30 with the program beginning at 7:00. The program will also be available via Zoom, which requires registration. To register for the Zoom presentation, click this link: ... Read more