The birding will start on Saturday at White Pass and spend the rest of Saturday covering the varied habitats of the east slope of the Cascades, where an amazing variety of birds, including up to 10 species of woodpecker can be encountered! We’ll finish Saturday covering the Wenas Creek drainage…
Jason Fidorra will present ”Washington’s Ferruginous Hawks: Status and Ecology” Online only via Zoom. The Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis, is North America’s largest hawk, with populations in decline over most of its range. Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Staff and volunteers monitor over 275 historic breeding sites of this…
Secretive birds intrigue us, but their elusive nature makes them difficult to study, so there is remarkably little known about the biology of many wetland birds. Puget Sound Bird Observatory (PSBO) has been studying birds across our regional wetlands for the past six years to assess population trends of five…
Kim Adelson, Emerita Professor of Psychology with a passion for paleontology, will present, The Origins of Modern Bird Orders. Kim has had a passionate interest in paleontology since childhood and holds a Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology. She has given two previous presentations to WOS – “The Dinosaurs Amongst Us”…
Saturday, February 25, 2023 + optional Friday afternoon and Sunday morning Clark County Late Winter Search Leaders: Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack Note: WOS sign-ups will be cut off by the weekend of 2/18 for this field trip and then opened to Vancouver Audubon the week of the trip to…
Saturday, February 25, 2023 + optional Friday afternoon (2/24) and Sunday morning (2/26) Clark County Late Winter Search Leaders: Friday: Randy Hill and Russ Koppendrayer Saturday: Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack Sunday: Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack Note: WOS Sign-ups will be cut off by the weekend of 2/18 and…
February 24, Friday afternoon Clark County Late Winter Search Leaders: Randy Hill and Russ Koppendrayer Note: WOS signups will be cut off by the weekend of 2/18 and then opened to Vancouver Audubon to fill any remaining slots. Join Randy Hill and Russ Koppendrayer to explore the diversity of Clark…
Note: The trip leader has had to cancel this trip. Limit 10, limit to 4 vehicles if possible. Our meeting point will be in Colville, WA. The plan is to explore accessible roads in the Colville Valley, then east along State Route 20 through the Little Pend Oreille Lakes region…
NOTE: This trip has reached the maximum number of participants and is now only accepting names for a waiting list. Join Shep Thorp and Scott Ramos for winter birding in the Okanogan Highlands and Waterville Plateau. We’ll be staying at the Omak Inn in Omak, Friday February 17th through Monday…
Meet at 7:30 at the north end of the Kingsgate P&R at 13001 116th Ave NE, Kirkland, WA 98034. Limit: 11 The Samish and Skagit Flats can be excellent for raptors (hawks, eagles, falcons) in late fall and winter. We’ll explore looking for a variety of raptors, waterfowl, perhaps wintering…