WOS's January 3, 2022 Meeting: Planting with a Purpose: To Bring Birds Back How to Transform Our Yards into Bird-Friendly Habitat Recent headlines have highlighted serious declines in the numbers of birds and of insects, including insects that pollinate our food and insects that are primary food sources for many...

The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) warmly invites you to join us on Feb. 7 when we’ll learn about two powerful online birding resources: Cornell Lab’s Birds of the World and the Birder's Dashboard for Washington. Washington Ornithological Society members now enjoy free access to Birds of the World, the world’s...

The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to join our March 7 Monthly Meeting when our program will feature The Secret Life of the Deserts of the Pacific Northwest. This presentation will introduce us to a unique series that covers the desert regions of Oregon and Washington. During...

The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) invites you to join us on April 4 when Evergreen State College Emeritus Professor Jeff Antonelis-Lapp will present Special Birds of Mt. Rainier. To most birders, Mount Rainier National Park is a mecca for subalpine and alpine birds that include Canada (Gray) Jay, Clark’s Nutcracker,...

WOS Monthly Meeting, May 2, Monday, 7:30 pm, Ed Deal to present a 10-Year Retrospective on Seattle’s Expanding Urban Cooper’s Hawk Population The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to our May Monthly Meeting when Ed Deal will share what he and a group of volunteers in the...

Our final WOS Monthly Meeting of the season will be “Member Photo Night," when favorite and new birding sites and insights are shared. This program illuminates the diverse and entertaining birding experiences of our members and serves as a catalyst for learning about new places and birding opportunities. Thanks to...

The October 3, 2022 meeting will be conducted by Zoom (no in-person meeting this month). Please stay tuned for further announcements from the Board about future meetings, which will be posted on the Monthly Meetings page. WOS Monthly Meeting October 3, 2022 UW Professor Emeritus James Karr on "Unexpected Population...

For the first time in more than two years, WOS will hold both an online (Zoom) monthly meeting and an in-person meeting at the old time and place: University of Washington Urban Horticulture Center at 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98105. Those who have previously attended know the large...

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”...

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...