Date: September 20, 2014 Location: Shilo Inns, Ocean Shores, WA Site Map: Available here Venue Map: Available here Registration: $35 through brownpapertickets. Please contact Joey Manson (jmanson@audubon.org) if you prefer to register by check. See the ACOW webpage for information about lodging. Agenda: Draft agenda available here. Guest Speakers: Biographies for Dr. Gary Langham, Stan Senner ... Read more
Cap off ACOW 2014 with some local birding! Dianna Moore of Grays Harbor Audubon Society will be leading a field trip on Sunday, September 21, to Bottle Beach SP, checking out the North Jetty in Ocean Shores and possibly the sewage lagoon. Date: September 21 Time: 8:00 am Meeting Location: South end of Ocean Shores Blvd. High ... Read more
Monthly program meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month (with the exception of March, June, July, and August) at: the Temple Beth Hatfiloh (corner of 8th and Washington in downtown Olympia, a block west of Timberland Library). Arrive at 7 p.m. to socialize; programs begin promptly at 7:30 pm
Jerry Broadus will talk about his trip to Cuba highlighting the birds he saw - Cuban Trogon, Cuban Tody, woodpeckers, Bee Hummingbird, and others. He will also spotlight his work in Mexico on the Military Macaw, a critically endangered cavity dweller. A birder for over 20 years, Jerry is an active volunteer, helping with shorebird ... Read more
Trina Bayard, Ph.D. will make a presentation related to Washington birds and climate change. She is the Director of Bird Conservation for Audubon Washington. Her responsibilities include leading Audubon Washington’s science and conservation program and ensuring that program work effectively impacts the Pacific Flyway network at multiple levels, including chapters and other states in the ... Read more
This meeting will focus exclusively on the Marbled Murrelet Long-Term Conservation Strategy. Kyle Blum (Department of Natural Resources) and Bridget Moran (US Fish and Wildlife Service) will present to the Board the final strategy alternatives under consideration. Murrelet researcher, Dr. Zach Peery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, will also make a special presentation. These presentations will be ... Read more
Join the conversation at a new, solution-oriented panel event focussed on the use and benefits of two state programs that have been supporting Washington schools, rural communities, and endangered species. The Trust Land Transfer and State Forest Replacement Programs are win-win-win programs for Marbled Murrelets, Washington’s forests, and our timber-dependendent counties. This event is co-sponsored ... Read more
The Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) was a common inhabitant in oak-prairie and other open habitats in western Washington and southwestern British Columbia until the early-1900’s when habitat loss and fragmentation and competition for nest cavities from exotic species triggered a wave of extirpations across the region. Since 2007, the Western Bluebird has been the subject ... Read more
Across the US there are approximately 48 species of bumble bees. Within Washington’s boundaries, 27 or so of these species are represented. Bumble bees are, within the native pollinators community, “Glamorous Megafauna”. They are big (for an insect), relatively friendly (not like yellow jackets) and colorful. Bumbles serve as a great gateway into our native ... Read more
The Birds of New Zealand: Past and Present Until about 700 years ago, the island nation of New Zealand was mammal-free. Because there were no mammalian competitors or predators – and because of New Zealand’s extreme physical isolation – its birds evolved to fill ecological niches often not available in other locations. It has the ... Read more
Black Hills Audubon Society supported the estuary in 2009 and is currently looking into updating its position. We are inviting scientists to the speaker series this February and again in the fall to share divergent scientific perspectives on Capitol Lake and the estuary. Capitol Lake – Washington’s Environmental Gem Despite a negative reputation acquired during ... Read more
Six subspecies of Red Knots are known globally. One of these, Calidris canutus roselaari, is found along the Washington coast while migrating between overwintering areas primarily in coastal northwestern Mexico and breeding areas in northwestern Alaska and Russia. This subspecies is a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Alaska and Washington and was listed in ... Read more
