The Metropolitan Park District is considered essential for the Olympia City Council to implement its unanimously approved purchase option to buy the Trillium portion (now known as Ashton Woods) of the LBA Woods. Thus, approval of the Metropolitan Park District in the November election is critical to the effort to preserve the LBA Woods. Previously, ... Read more
FIELD TRIP IS FULL. Sandhill Cranes will be our “target” species, along with Great Egrets and herons, geese and other waterfowl. These “big birds” should be plentiful at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Woodland bottoms, and (possible stop) Vancouver lowlands. We’ll look for area specialties such as American White Pelican, Clark’s Grebe, and White-breasted Nuthatch. Late-migrating ... Read more
This year's meeting, to which all Auduboners are invited, will focus on state and federal level policy actions around Audubon's climate initiative, as well as showcase chapter work being done to educate communities about the impact of climate change on birds. Date: October 24, 2015 Location: Best Western Plus, Skagit Valley Inn, Mount Vernon, WA ... Read more
Come hear Bruce Beehler. ornithologist and naturalist , speak on birds of New Guinea, sponsored by Tahoma Audubon's ABC Club. Thursday November 5, 2015 from 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. University of Puget Sound's Thompson Hall, room 175. Park in the parking lot at N. 14th and N. Union. Thompson Hall is on the north end of the ... Read more
Attention hardcore birders! This trip is for you. Last year's trip featured excellent sightings of Harlequin Ducks and Long-Tailed Ducks, along with other birds and waterfowl totaling nearly 100 species. The weather has always cooperated for this field trip, too, so if you count yourself a hardcore, tireless birder, save this date. Crossing the Narrows ... Read more
Join Burt Guttman for an easy walk around Capital Lake, paying some attention to the nearby Budd Bay area. This field trip will focus on water birds and is oriented toward helping newbie birders learn how to observe and how to recognize major categories of birds - with color handouts! But more experienced people are ... Read more
This walk will be a repeat of the November field trip, with the same purposes in mind. We will see if anything new and exciting has shown up at Capital Lake and perhaps Budd Bay. As before, meet by the lawn at Marathon Park. Dress for the weather and bring a scope if ... Read more
Come help plan field trips for Black Hills Audubon for 2016. Meet at Bonnie Wood's house, 2800 Aberdeen Court S.E. in Olympia, on Tuesday evening January 12 at 6:00. There will be libations and finger food to sustain you. One does not have to be an "expert" birder to lead field trips or offer ... Read more
Audubon Outreach Committee welcomes new members, creates opportunities to bird and socialize together, assists with chapter projects and events, and organizes educational experiences for Thurston, Lewis, and Mason counties. By volunteering alongside others we get to know each other better. 1) Come to First Saturday Birding and Breakfast and answer questions about Black Hills ... Read more
Climate change movie and discussion featuring Naomi Klein's, "This Changes Everything" on Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 1 p.m. in Koval Hall, North Thurston HS, 600 Sleater Kinney Road N.W., Lacey, WA 98516. Doors open at 1 p.m. and movie starts at 1:30 p.m. Black Hills Audubon Society is one of several co-sponsors of this ... Read more
This trip will explore birding sites along the Hood Canal. We'll meet at the Mud Bay Park and Ride off Highway 101 at 7:30 a.m. We’ll proceed north to Shelton where we will take Route 3 to Allyn and then head west along Route 106, stopping along the way to look for diving ducks, loons, ... Read more
This is an overnight trip leaving Olympia Saturday, March 19 and returning Sunday, March 20, with Saturday night in Port Angeles. The focus is on seabirds at several locations on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The trip is especially suitable for beginning and intermediate birders, but is open to birders of all skill levels ... Read more
This outing is co-sponsored by Black Hill Audubon and the South Sound Estuary Association. At once a kayak excursion and a quest for birds who frequent upper Bud Bay, we will start at Boston Harbor Marina and paddle south along the shoreline, past Burfoot Park's Pigeon Guillemots' bluffs, to Gull Harbor (about one hour). Gull ... Read more
Meet at Tenino in the parking lot of Market Place/Scotty B's, bird around Tenino, then enjoy breakfast at Scotty B's. Want to get a head start on your weekend? Join us for Birding and Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month, except July and August. Bird with us, then enjoy breakfast at ... Read more
In partnership with the State Capital Museum, who hosts late summer's “Movies at the Mansion,” Black Hills Audubon Society will lead a birding walk through the historic Capital Neighborhood. The neighborhood's age, older trees, and proximity to Capital Lake make it a good location to see native birds who live here year-round and who have ... Read more
Organized jointly with Capital Land Trust, this field trip to Twin Rivers Ranch has become an annual tradition. Conserved in 2010, this CLT 125-acre property in Shelton at the head of Oakland Bay, bordered by Cranberry and Deer Creeks, provides open saltwater, wetland, estuarine, riparian, forested, and open field habitat for an incredible variety of ... Read more
As we walk through Priest Point Park we will listen for the delicate songs of the newly arrived migrants and our local breeding birds. Meet at the Flora Vista entrance on the north side of Priest Point Park at 6:00 a.m. We will silently walk through the north part of the park and listen before ... Read more
Pioneer Park on Henderson Road in Tumwater is an under-appreciated birding site gem. Driving past it, one thinks the park consists solely of baseball and soccer fields. Less easily seen are the Deschutes River flowing through the park, the wide wetlands behind the baseball fields, and the mown paths that meander through riparian woods and ... Read more
As we walk through Priest Point Park we will listen for the delicate songs of the newly arrived migrants and our local breeding birds. Meet at the Flora Vista entrance on the north side of Priest Point Park at 6:00 a.m. We will silently walk through the north part of the park and listen before ... Read more
As we walk through Priest Point Park we will listen for the delicate songs of the newly arrived migrants and our local breeding birds. Meet at the Flora Vista entrance on the north side of Priest Point Park at 6:00 a.m. We will silently walk through the north part of the park and listen before ... Read more
