Temple Beth Hatfiloh

November Speaker Program Focus on Raptors – Exploring Form and Function With Alina Blankenship, Perch Wildlife Education featuring Live Birds! Thursday, November 14th at Temple Beth Hatfiloh The meeting will start at 6:30 pm with the talk starting at around 7:00 NOTE: There will be NO Zoom presentation of this event. Please join us for ... Read more

Under the Surface: Bird Bones and Skeletons By David Lukas Thursday, October 10th at 7 pm David gave a very popular presentation on bird song to us in April 2024 This will be a Zoom presentation – see link below We will also be gathering at 6:30 at Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    ... Read more

A Tale of Two Puffins:  Two Ecosystems, Two Islands, Two Puffins By Scott F Pearson, DFW Thursday, January 11th at 7 pm - Social time 6:30 pm Dr. Pearson will be giving his talk live at Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia You can also view it via Zoom – see link below ... Read more

Midway Island Seabirds With Elizabeth Rodrick, BHAS Member Thursday, December 14th  - via Zoom Watch with us At Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia Social time 6:30, Program at 7 pm or from home (see link below) Elizabeth Rodrick will reminisce about living on Midway Island as a Navy brat during 1957-58 and ... Read more

Seattle’s Adaptable Urban Cooper’s Hawks With Ed Deal, Master Birder & Falcon Enthusiast Thursday, November 9th  -  Social time 6:30, Program at 7 pm Ed will be speaking to us in person At Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia Please Join Us! To watch at home via Zoom, see link below. Thirty years ... Read more

Restoration of an Extinct Eastern Grassland By Douglas Gill, PhD, Professor emeritus Thursday, October 12th at 7 pm Professor Gill will be speaking via Zoom From College Park, Maryland You may join us at Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia Or watch from home   The habitat in greatest peril both world-wide and ... Read more

Black Hills Audubon Society Speaker Series With Jim Watson, WDFW Researcher Thursday  September 14th  7 pm Both in person and via Zoom Temple Beth Hatfiloh 201 8th Ave SE    Olympia   NOTE:  Jim will be speaking to us via Zoom but you can watch his presentation in a live audience at the Temple.  We have ... Read more

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Sue Thomas, Wildlife Biologist, USFWS Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Between 1979-1995, the abundance of the Common Murre (Uria aalge) nesting in colonies along the outer coast of Washington declined by over 13% per year from 31,500 to as low as 530 birds. Our goal ... 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

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

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

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Ed Deal. Twenty-five years ago Cooper’s Hawks began colonizing urban and suburban landscapes throughout the US, developing a tolerance for living in proximity to humans. Ed Deal, from Seattle’s Urban Raptor Conservancy, will provide insights into these common but elusive raptors. The Seattle Cooper’s Hawk Project ... Read more

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Cindy Easterson. Cindy Easterson has served on the Board of Puget Sound Bird Observatory since 2010, and is currently filling the roles of Secretary and Treasurer.  She is a member of the Pilchuck Audubon chapter. She is an advocate for engaging citizen scientists in projects to support the ... Read more

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Taylor Kenyon and Scott Beason. Taylor Kenyon and Scott Beason work in the Geology section at Mount Rainier National Park.  Their talk will focus on how the Park is planning management of infrastructure (i.e. roads, trails, structures, and other facilities) as climate change alters precipitation patterns ... Read more

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Eric Wagner. Eric and his wife joined biologist Dee Boersma's team for six months in 2008, and in Penguins in the Desert, Eric chronicled a season in the remarkable lives of both the Magellanic penguins of Punta Tombo and the scientists who track their every move. For ... Read more

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Kim Dolgin. 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. Come learn about the remarkable similarities between birds and the creatures they evolved from. We guarantee that you will ... Read more

Come join us for an evening of enjoyment with Cori Halverson. Cori, a member of Black Hills Audubon, will show photos from her May 2018 birding trip to South Africa where she visited Kruger National Park and Kgalagadi Trans-frontier Park. Cori’s photos were taken with a D40 Nikon camera with a Tamron lens. She is ... Read more