Events and Programs

Holiday Inn Express is located at 204 Marine Drive, Astoria, Ore.
Expo Hall is located at Clatsop County Fairgrounds, 92937 Walluski Loop, Astoria, Ore.

Friday evening, Expo Hall

  • 5 p.m., WOS Business and Awards Meeting.
  • A no-host bar and complimentary salty snacks will be available during the meeting.

  • 6 p.m., social hour for all conference attendees.
  • The no-host bar and complimentary snacks will continue to be available.

  • 7 p.m., Pasta Supper.
  • Yes, this year a full meal will be available. Sign up for this at registration. The cost will be $25. Entree’ selections are listed on this website.

  • 7:45 p.m., “Stump the Experts” with Dennis Paulson, assisted by Shep Thorp
    Please join us all for this interesting, challenging and fun event that WOS members will be delighted to share with our OBA friends! Dennis, a retired professor at the University of Puget Sound and former Director of the Slater Museum, is a fount of information in many areas of natural history, particularly birds and odonates (dragonflies and damselflies). Dr. Shep Thorp is a Master Birder and veterinarian from Tacoma.

Saturday evening, Expo Hall

  • 5 p.m., OBA business meeting.
  • A no-host bar and complimentary salty snacks will be available during the meeting.

  • 6 p.m., Social Hour for all conference attendees.
  • The no-host bar and snacks will continue to be available.

  • 7 p.m. Banquet Dinner.
  • This will be a full, three-course dinner for which sign-ups and entree selections will be taken at registration. Meal choices are available on this website. The cost will be $40.

  • 7:45 p.m., Keynote Talk by Dr. John Fitzpatrick
  • Dr. Fitzpatrick has been Director of the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell for 27 years. He and his wife Molly have journeyed from Ithaca to be with us. The title of his talk: Wild Birds Are Now the Canaries, and Our Planet Is the Coal Mine. Subtitle: Bird populations are barometers of our planet’s health, and birders play a huge role in measuring the changes.

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