We will hold our annual field trip planning meeting for 2020 on Monday, December 9, at 6:00 at Bonnie Wood's house. Please come with your post-2019 thoughts, ideas for 2020, and friends who may wish to lead a field trip! Black Hills Audubon's field trips ventured to several new sites in our three-county area, thanks ... Read more
Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Terence Lee. Terence Lee works at the Nisqually Reach Nature Center near Olympia. He co-leads a long-term project that monitors breeding and nesting success of pigeon guillemots in Puget Sound. He’ll present the results of previous years studies, and preliminary information collected in the summer of ... Read more
All CBCs will take place between December 14 and January 5 inclusive. This year Black Hills Audubon will once again sponsor a circle in Olympia on Sunday, Dec 15th. A circle is 15 miles across and the boundaries remain the same year after year. Each circle is divided into sub-areas and teams are sent out ... Read more
All CBCs will take place between December 14 and January 5 inclusive. This year Black Hills Audubon will once again sponsor a circle in Lewis County on Friday, Dec 20th. A circle is 15 miles across and the boundaries remain the same year after year. Each circle is divided into sub-areas and teams are sent ... Read more
Marathon Park near Capitol Lake (1011 Deschutes Pkwy SW, Olympia 98501) at 8:00 a.m. (Note the later than usual time during winter.) Leader: Jennifer DeSelle. Breakfast at Traditions (300 5th Ave SW, Olympia 98501) after birding. Beginning birders are welcome. Want to get a head start on your weekend? Join us for Birding and Breakfast ... Read more
Skagit Eagle Festival is a month-long celebration during eagle-watching season in eastern Skagit County. Activities take place in Concrete, Rockport and Marblemount every full weekend in January. For a full schedule of events, see the website at concrete-wa.com/skagit-eagle-festival.
Deb Nickerson has been asked to present a program about BHAS to Green Drinks. Deb has been involved with BHAS for about 25 years and serves currently as the BHAS Communications Committee and Education Committee Chairs. Green Drinks Program Information
Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Marc Hays. Marc Hayes is a specialist in the ecology of reptiles and amphibians, and leads the Aquatic Research Section at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, where current research focuses on forestry practices effects on stream-breeding amphibians in headwater (non-fish-bearing) stream landscapes and proposed ... Read more
It's easy to speed by on Route 101 and miss the rich waterfowl birding at the Kennedy Creek estuary, at the far end of Totten Inlet. But take the time, especially if you have never before, to enjoy the comfortable DNR viewing site back away from the highway, to watch the flocks of different birds ... Read more
Join us on this trip! Please register to join us and fill in necessary permission forms below. For more information and to register, contact Joe Zabransky at 360-438-5784 or joseph.zabransky@yahoo.com. Permission Form Notes: Field Trip Parent or Guardian Permission Form: You may download and print this Permission Form, or fill in the RSVP questions below when ... Read more
Come explore Mason County with water birds and shorebirds in mind. Mary Hrudkaj, Mason County resident and experienced field trip leader, will share with us some of her favorite birding spots. Winter birds we hope to see include two species of loon, grebe and merganser, Pigeon Guillemot, various ducks, American Dipper plus (fingers crossed) Mountain ... Read more
January and early February are great months to see vast flocks of Snow Geese, huge congregations of Trumpeter Swans, Bald Eagles galore, and many other birds in the Skagit Valley. Whittier Johnson has birded the area for years and will take you to all of the best viewing spots. We recommend that you make your ... Read more
Join hundreds of activists from Audubon and other environmental organizations from around Washington state to push for key environmental legislation in the state legislature on January 30th! To register, go to:https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/audubon/4475438 Remember to WEAR GREEN! Green hats, scarves, and jackets are encouraged. During lobby day, you will team up with other activists to speak up ... Read more
Visitor Center (100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia 98516) at 8:00 a.m. (note the later than usual time during winter). Leader: Suzanne Wilson. Breakfast at Panera. Beginning birders are welcome. Want to get a head start on your weekend? Join us for Birding and Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. (or 8:00 a.m. for the winter months ... Read more
Start 2020 off by committing to learn more about birdlife in the great northwest! This course emphasizes improving bird identification skills. Major topics include: factors used to identify birds, birding tools (optics and guides), birding terminology, bird biology and taxonomy and classification as it relates to identification. This class is appropriate for all those who ... Read more
One of the Pacific Northwest's biggest bird festivals, the Winter Wings Festival will help you explore one of the Pacific Northwest's premier birding areas. In addition to numerous guided field trips, there will be three exciting keynote speakers this year: Nathan Pieplow, Gerrit Vyn, and Rosemary Voscoe. See the festival's superb website for more information ... Read more
Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Matt Bartels. Matt Bartels is the current secretary of the Washington Bird Records Committee, Washington Ornithological Society. Where do Washington vagrants come from and are there patterns that can be uncovered in the strategies that bring them here? Matt Bartels will discuss the processes that lead ... Read more
Join us on this trip! Please register to join us and fill in necessary permission forms below. For more information and to register, contact Joe Zabransky at 360-438-5784 or joseph.zabransky@yahoo.com. Permission Form Notes: Field Trip Parent or Guardian Permission Form: You may download and print this Permission Form, or fill in the RSVP questions below when ... Read more
Virtually all paleontologists agree that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and most even go so far as to claim that birds are, in fact, living dinosaurs. Learn about the remarkable similarities between birds and the creatures they evolved from with Dr. Kim Adelson, PhD.
Let's go a little farther afield this month. Point No Point is a Kitsap County park on the northeastern tip of Kitsap Peninsula. It is a well-known birding spot, complete with lighthouse and a species list of 278. Kyle Leader, a native to the area and an amazing young birder, will lead us in exploring ... Read more
