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...

WOS Monthly Meeting December 2, 2024 online only via Zoom Tom Bancroft on Raptors: Pondering their Evolution and Adaptations Today, we think of raptors as carnivorous birds with hooked beaks and talons, but that definition has changed in the last 50 years. And not all birds we call raptors fit...

WOS Monthly Meeting Monday, January 6, 2024 (Online only via Zoom) Josh Morris will speak on THUD: What birders need to know (and do) about window collisions Globally, billions of birds are killed each year after colliding with windows. Seattle's built environment contributes to the carnage, killing up to 80,000...