DATE CHANGE!! Meet at Shelter #4 and with City of Olympia Parks staff, remove ivy from the park. Some equipment will be available, but please bring clippers or loppers you have. As usual, dress for the weather and wear gloves. No prior paperwork for individuals over 18 is required but sign in when you arrive. ... 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
Event: Beginning Birding Class with Black Hills Audubon Society Date: Five Saturday Mornings February 13– March 12th Time: 9:00AM to 11:00AM Where: The Visitor Center at Nisqually Nat’l Wildlife Refuge in Olympia Cost: $60.00 includes two field trips. Some Scholarships are available. Contact Person: Mary Russell 357-6863, greenbird321@msn.com Black Hills Audubon Society, PO Box 2524, ... 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
Among the activities at the festival are guided tours of birding locations in the area. They include a birding and hiking tour on Camano Island, a tour of The Nature Conservancy's Port Susan Bay Preserve, and a tour looking for snow geese, swans, and bald eagles. There are 12 parks on Camano Island that offer ... Read more
Thurston Conservation District's plant sale is Saturday, March 5th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the District Office parking lot at 2918 Fergusen St SW #1-A Tumwater, WA 98512. Contact Ashley McVie at 360 754-3588 Ext 100 weekdays between 12:30 p.m and 4:30 p.m. Black Hills Audubon Society's (BHAS) Climate Change Initiative experts will ... Read more
Black Hills Audubon Society (BHAS) is excited to again offer two scholarships for bird-banding training this coming spring. The six days of training will be presented at Glacial Heritage Preserve over two long week-ends, likely on May 27-30 and June 4-6, by the Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM). The cost for training each person ... Read more
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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 wildlife speakers and more. For full details, including places ... Read more
The thousands of Sandhill Cranes that congregate in Othello in the early spring are heart-stirring, yet there is much more at this annual, well-organized festival to see, do, and learn. This year's theme is “Birding: The Next Generation.” The festival is honored to have 17 year old Lorenzo Rohani as a keynote speaker. Lorenzo is ... 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
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
This festival provides participants the opportunity to view a wide variety of birds normally seen on the Olympic Peninsula. Field trips are planned for Sequim Bay, Port Angeles Harbor, Ediz Hook, Dungeness Spit, the Elwha River, Salt Creek and at Neah Bay, as well as trips through wooded areas to view songbirds and locate owls ... 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
CANCELLED (due to insufficient ticket sales). Su Rynard’s wide-ranging and contemplative documentary THE MESSENGER explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the urban streets of New ... 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
