Thursday, August 8, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm PDT Registration link below Join us for a virtual gathering of Audubon Around the Sound, featuring guest Speakers Noah Linck, Washington Sea Grant Hershman Fellow with the Washington Department of Ecology and Jay Krienitz, Coast and Oceans Management Unit Supervisor with the Department of Ecology Registration link: ... Read more
Next Book for the BHAS Book Club The next book has been chosen for our April meeting: Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future, by Mya-Rose Craig. We will meet via Zoom to discuss this memoir on Wednesday, April 24th at 6:00 PM. If you are interested in attending, please email ... Read more
Next Book for the BHAS Book Club This month, the BHAS Book Club will be reading and discussing A Most Remarkable Creature, by Jonathan Meiburg. From the publisher: “In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were ‘tame and inquisitive ... Read more
Next Book Club Meeting! After spending a lovely evening outside and discussing the BHAS Book Club’s previous book choice (Better Living Through Birding, by Christian Cooper), it is now time to look ahead to our next book discussion! Our next meeting will be via Zoom on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:00 PM. The book we ... Read more
Monthly Speaker Program THURSDAY MAY 11 7 PM VIA ZOOM Mike Schroeder, PhD. WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife Michael Schroeder received his Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, his Master of Science degree from the University of Alberta for research on spruce grouse, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Colorado State University ... 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
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
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
JANUARY SPEAKER PROGRAM RARE BIRDS OF BILLY FRANK JR. NISQUALLY NWR With Shep Thorp, DVM Thursday January 12th at 7 pm via Zoom There are many of us who attend the Wednesday bird walks at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. It is a premier birding spot that has wonderful birds all ... Read more
BIRDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER PROGRAM VIA ZOOM THURSDAY DECEMBER 8, 2022 7 PM STEVE HAMPTON, Ph.D. Are you wondering what is happening with our resident, migratory and changing bird species? Steve Hampton has some of the answers. He will share with us “Birds & Climate Change: The Changes That Are Already Happening, With a ... Read more
SPEAKER PROGRAM VIA ZOOM BIRDING TIPS LEARNED THROUGH A MISSPENT YOUTH Cameron Cox Thursday November 10th 7 pm Cameron spent his early adulthood traveling the country in search of birds. The lessons he learned were earned by sleeping on picnic tables to avoid nocturnal snake snuggling, having his most prominent piece of household décor be ... Read more
October Speaker Program via Zoom Dr. Kim Adelson, PhD Thursday October 13th 7 pm For hundreds of years, birds have been considered incapable of advanced thought or learning. This is why the phrase “bird brain” is commonly used to denote persons who are dolts or simpletons. But… do birds really deserve this bad rap? ... Read more
SEPTEMBER PROGRAM SPEAKER (VIA ZOOM) BIRDIE BIG YEAR: ELEVATING WOMEN BIRDERS With Tiffany Kersten, owner of Nature Ninja Birding Tours THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH, 7 PM REGISTER HERE: Tiffany Kersten is a Wisconsin native, turned Texan by way of New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Northland College, and has ... Read more
Lobbying legislators may sound intimidating. Thankfully, you can get training beforehand and can join a group of more seasoned Auduboners from our region (and chapter). This is the second Audubon Lobby Day to be virtual and before the legislative session, so it should be even more successful. All you have to do is Register . ... Read more
