Donate
Search
Close this search box.

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Birding and Breakfast – Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia, WA, United States

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

Recurring

Beginning Birding with Scott Mills, Feb 8-Mar 7, 2020, Saturdays 9-11 AM

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia, WA, United States

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

Winter Wings Festival, Klamath Falls, Oregon

Klamath Falls Klamath Falls, OR, United States

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

Bird Migration Vagrancy in Washington – Matt Bartels

Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Avenue SE, Olympia, WA, United States

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

OYAS Field Trip – Bayshore (Mason County)

Bayshore Preserve 3800 WA-3, Shelton, WA, United States

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

Feb 19 – The Dinosaurs Amongst Us – Kim Dolgin, PhD

Lacey Timberland Library 500 College Street SE, Lacey, WA, United States

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.

Point No Point: Birding Kitsap County

Kitsap County WA, United States

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

Stanwood and Camano Snow Goose and Birding Festival

Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center 27130 102nd Avenue N.W., Stanwood, WA, United States

The 2020 Stanwood-Camano Snow Goose & Birding Festival which will be held on February 22nd & 23rd. Come see why the shores and waters of Puget Sound surrounding this community are internationally recognized as crucial habitat for countless birds of sea, shore and land. Tours and guides will help you experience one of Western Washington’s ... Read more

$5

Birding and Breakfast – Woodard Bay

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area 7000 Whitham Rd Ne, Olympia, WA, United States

Woodard Bay, meet at the parking lot at 7:30 a.m. Leader: Bob Wadsworth.  Directions from Olympia: take Boston Harbor Road north, then right on Woodard Bay Road, crossing Libby Road; park on the left just before crossing the bridge over Woodard Bay (Discover Pass required); or drive across the bridge and up the hill to ... Read more

Birding Hood Canal Aboard the Lady Alderbrook

Alderbrook Resort 10 East Alderbrook Drive, Union, WA, United States

The Lady Alderbrook birding cruise on Hood Canal continues to attract Black Hills Audubon Society and Tahoma Audubon Society birders. To Black Hills Audubon members and friends: yes, this is the same day as our annual fund-raising dinner, but the cruise will be for just a couple of hours in the morning. You then can ... Read more

$30

2020 Annual Fundraising Dinner

SPSCC 2011 Mottman Road SW, Olympia, WA, United States

You are invited to our Annual Fundraising Dinner, with Guest Speaker Steven Hawley!

Recurring

Bird Walk at Billy Frank, Jr. National Wildlife Refuge

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia, WA, United States

Join Phil Kelley to see native birds and migrants at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Each year, the refuge continues its natural slow but steady recovery after the removal of the dikes. Vegetation grows lusher every year. Visit to see what birds and other creatures are there to take advantage of restored estaurine habitat. Be prepared ... Read more

Understanding Birds in Your Backyard

Olympia Center 222 Columbia St., Olympia, WA, United States

Kim Adelson, a BHAS Board member and retired college professor who frequently lectures on backyard birds, will teach participants to recognize and identify about 20 bird species commonly found in yards in our area. The birds’ behaviors, preferred habitats, and idiosyncrasies will also be discussed, along with their feeder preferences and the best ways to ... Read more

Still Waters Farm: Wood Ducks, Trees, and Restoration Ecology

Still Waters Farm Webb Hill Road, Shelton, WA, United States

Still Waters Farm is a 48-acre tree farm with a 20-acre peat wetland system, certified sustainable by the American Tree Farm System (ATFS) and the Forest Stewardship Council( FSC). The farm has a 20-acre peat wetland system that has been disturbed at least twice in its history; much work has been done to restore this ... Read more

OYAS Field Trip – Harmony Farm

Shrikes

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

Othello Sandhill Crane Festival

Othello, Washington Othello, WA, United States

The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival announced the 2020 theme as “The Sounds of Spring.”  The 23rd annual festival will be held March 20, 21, and 22, 2020 in Othello, Washington.  With the celebration of the spring migration of the Sandhill cranes, the festival offers a variety of events for the whole family to enjoy and ... Read more

Wings Over Water Birding Festival

Blaine, Washington WA, United States

THIS FESTIVAL HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST CORONAVIRUS. This annual birding festival celebrates the incredible variety of migratory birds that visit Blaine, Semiahmoo, Birch Bay, and Drayton Harbor, located on the Pacific Flyway in the Northwest corner of Washington State, with field trips, nature cruises, wildlife demonstrations, arts & crafts, kid's activities, expert ... Read more

Brant Wildlife Festival, British Columbia

Parksville, British Colunbia British Columbia, Canada

The 2020 Brant Wildlife Festival theme is Sea, Stream & Forest, and runs from March 21 – April 19, 2020. The festival celebrates nature, particularly Brant geese as they rest and feed on the shores of Parksville and Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.  For a full schedule of events during the month, see ... Read more

Millersylvania State Park

Millersylvania State Park 12245 Tilley Rd South, Olympia, WA , United States

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Black Hills Audubon Society has not hosted a field trip to Millersylvania in several years.  It's time to return!  The park, 903 acres in area, has miles of paths through old-growth conifer forest.  Look for native woodland birds and perhaps some early migrants.  Deep Lake may host diverse waterfowl. The ... Read more

Bird Walk at Billy Frank, Jr. National Wildlife Refuge

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center 100 Brown Farm Rd NE, Olympia, WA, United States

THIS WALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Join Phil Kelley to see native birds and migrants at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Each year, the refuge continues its natural slow but steady recovery after the removal of the dikes. Vegetation grows lusher every year. Visit to see what birds and other creatures are there to take advantage of ... Read more

MAILING ADDRESS
Black Hills Audubon Society
PO Box 2524
Olympia, WA 98507

MESSAGE PHONE
(360) 352-7299

EMAIL

COMMITTEES & BOARD

ADMIN

BECOME A MEMBER

DONATE

VOLUNTEER

CONNECT ON FACEBOOK

CONNECT ON INSTAGRAM

CONNECT ON MEETUP

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER:

© 2024 Black Hills Audubon Society