Speaker Madilyn Odiorne will present on the topic of "Bird Use of a Prairie Restoration Site in Eastern Washington." This is an online-only event over Zoom. For details on connecting to the meeting, visit the Monthly Meetings page a week or two before the meeting. Prairies and other grassland ecosystems...

Nick Bayard on "BirdNote at 18: How One Powerful Idea Grew into a Global Storytelling Phenomenon” BirdNote Executive Director Nick Bayard will offer a brief history and glimpse behind the scenes at BirdNote, our sensational PNW-born public radio program that seeks to inspire people to care about birds and the...

The January 2024 WOS meeting will be held on January 8, 2024 rather than on New Year's Day. Speaker is Thomas Good of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. He will speak on the topic of "Caspian Terns in Puget Sound: caught between multiple rocks and hard places."...

Martha Jordan will speak on Washington’s White Birds of Winter - Swans and Snow Geese Since the late 1970s, well-known swan biologist Martha Jordan has contributed enormously to understanding the life history of swans and Snow Geese, their biology and what influences their distribution across our state and the Pacific...

Andy Stepniewski will speak on "Finding Birds in Eastern Washington: An introduction to the myriad of habitats and their birds, east of the Cascade Crest” Join Andy Stepniewski on an armchair tour east of the Cascades, where a diversity of habitats, elevations and precipitation create a mosaic of vegetation zones....

Marine biologist, conservation biologist and specialist in animal aggregation, Julia Parrish has conducted research on seabirds for more than 30 years, focusing on the natural and human-caused factors causing population decline. Julia is Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) housed at the University of Washington....

The May 6, 2024 meeting will be both an in-person meeting at the UW Center for Urban Horticulture and available over Zoom. Stay tuned for more information.

More information to come.

Note: This presentation will not be recorded and thus will not be available for later viewing at the WOS YouTube Channel. With their ability to hover in place, fly upside-down or backwards, and cross seas without stopping, hummingbirds seem immune to the ordinary laws of physics. Their jewel-tone feathers flash...

Loma Pendergraft on "Clever, Curious, and Charismatic Crows” The antics of crows, ravens, and other Corvids—have captivated our imaginations throughout history. Many of our myths, legends and stories revolve around the astonishing brainpower these birds possess. But what is fact and what is fiction? Join us while we discuss fun...