Celebrate the annual return of the majestic eagles to Skagit Valley. The peak of eagle-watching season is in late December through early February as the salmon reach the end of their life cycle. Bald eagles can typically be spotted feeding on river gravel bars in the morning between 5 – 11 AM. Whether you live ... Read more
Date: Friday, 27 January 2023. Meet at 9 AM for a two hour bird walk. Location: Meet at parking lot just north of Swantown Marina boat launch on Marine Drive NE, Olympia. Look for people with scopes and binoculars. Description: The walk starts from the parking lot, then out the transient dock/boat launch, then south ... Read more
Date: Saturday, February 4 Time: 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 Leader: Jen DeSelle, Bob Wadsworth, and Carla Miller Description: Birding without Breakfast at Billy Frank, Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Birding without Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders. Participants will need to follow current COVID-19 protocols and sign a liability form relating ... Read more
SPEAKER PROGRAM CASUAL BIRDING – A PRACTICE OF BEING IN NATURE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9th 7 PM VIA ZOOM With Faraaz Abdool Casual birding goes by various labels, but all underpin a common ethic: passive observation of birds. By undertaking this practice, we can embrace experiences which would have bypassed us entirely under other circumstances. ... Read more
Winter Birding at Ocean Shores, WA Trip leader: Timothy Leque Registration: Email Tim Leque to register at timleque@hotmail.com Description: We will start the morning at Oyhut Wildlife Area, meeting at the entrance and parking area at Tonquin Ave at 8:00 AM. A Discover Pass is required to park at Oyhut. From the parking area we ... Read more
Klamath's Winter Wings Festival is back with a four-day Festival Feb. 17 – 20! We invite birders and photographers of all levels and other nature enthusiasts to join us. This will be our 43rd annual Festival and we hope to have 500 visitors/locals attend. What’s New for 2023? ★ Festival runs Friday through Monday (instead ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW FEBRUARY 20TH 4:30 – 6 PM LOCATION: FISH TALE BREW PUB 515 JEFFERSON ST SE OLYMPIA We are now meeting indoors to gather and talk. We have our own table area so be sure to ask where we are if you don’t see us. This is open to Black Hills members ... Read more
Birding Trip to Squaxin Park Trip Leader: Lin Stern Meeting Place: We will meet in the parking lot just off of East Bay Drive Northeast, near the Ellis Cove Trailhead. Look for folks with binoculars. Description: This 1.5 mile walk offers great views of Ellis Cove and Budd Inlet as you make your way through ... Read more
Birding without Breakfast, March 4 at Woodard Bay Leader: Sam Merrill Description: Birding without Breakfast at Woodard Bay. Walk on a pedestrian-only road through beautiful woods for woodland species and to overlooks of Woodard Bay and Henderson Inlet for marine birds. Birding without Breakfast walks are especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders. Participants will ... Read more
MARCH 9TH 7 PM VIA ZOOM AVIAN MONITORING ON JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD Tim Leque and Stephanie Augustine Tim Leque, JBLM Fish and Wildlife, and Stephanie Augustine, Ecostudies Institute, are working on our neighboring military base and plan to give an overview of the avian monitoring that occurs on JBLM including Western Bluebird and ... Read more
FIELD TRIP TO POINT NO POINT AREA Date: MARCH 11TH All day trip. Leaders: Kyle Leader and Kathleen Snyder Registration Required: ksnyder75@gmail.com Trip limited to 16 participants. Black Hills Audubon is trying out a carpool field trip once more. We will take four cars with four people in each. MASKING will be required during car ... Read more
Next Book Club Meeting! via Zoom on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:00 PM Last month, a lovely small group of Black Hills Audubon members met via Zoom to chat about Noah Strycker’s book, “Birding Without Borders”. We pondered highlights from his travels and experiences during his record-breaking Big Year, and enjoyed likening some of his ... Read more
Since 2003, the Wings Over Water Birding Festival has taken place each spring in Blaine, Washington to celebrate the incredible variety of migratory birds that flock to the coastal waters of Drayton Harbor, Birch Bay and Semiahmoo Bay at the northwest corner of Washington State. This major stopover on the Pacific Flyway between Seattle, Washington ... Read more
BIRDS AND BREW March 20TH 4:30 – 6 PM LOCATION: FISH TALE BREW PUB 515 JEFFERSON ST SE OLYMPIA We are now meeting indoors to gather and talk. We have our own table area so be sure to ask where we are if you don’t see us. This is open to Black Hills members ... Read more
The Othello Sandhill Crane Festival announced the 2023 theme as “Silver Anniversary, Celebrating Our Annual Visitors.” The 25th annual festival will be held March 24-26, 2023 in Othello Washington. The festival will be in the same locations as last year. The lectures will be held at the Othello Nazarene Church, 835 S 10th Ave, Othello, ... Read more
The Tundra Swan Festival is filled with presentations, workshops, a bus ride to a nearby lake to view the swans, and a hot buffet-lunch. The event takes place at the Kalispel Tribe's Camas Center for Community Wellness, 1821 N LeClerc Road, Cusick, Washington. The swans historically favor the Pend Oreille River Valley with a brief ... Read more
Birding Field Trip to the Discovery Trail in Centralia, Lewis Co. When: March 25, 2023. Time 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Trip Leader: Grace Thornton Registration: Pre-registration for this is not required, but is advised so we don’t leave anyone behind or if you have any questions. Contact Grace by email gracethornton12@gmail.com Description: The Discovery ... Read more
BIRDING OPEN HOUSE IN SOUTH PUGET SOUND SATURDAY MARCH 25, 11 AM TO 1 PM The Kennedy Creek estuary, located at the end of Totten Inlet between Olympia and Shelton, boasts some of the highest concentrations of wintering waterfowl and shorebirds in the far south of Puget Sound. Hundreds of Dunlin spend the winter months ... Read more
Organized and sponsored by The Estuarium, this workshop is for birders who would like to improve their photography skills and knowledge. The leader Bruce Livingston is a retired Wildlife Biologist and has been an avid birder since the early 1970’s. Bruce's talk will cover camera Gear, camera settings, focus settings, best times of the year ... Read more
he Brant Wildlife Festival is held in central Vancouver Island which boasts one of the richest levels of biodiversity in Canada. Our area is within the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region. Herring spawn, brant migration and many other species migrate at the same time and can be seen on our shores and in our waters exciting ... Read more
