Note: This is the February monthly meeting but it is being held a week earlier than usual, because Monthly Meeting volunteers are out of town on the normal date.

Madison Mayfield on "A Different Kind of Life List: A Career Painting, Curating & Taxidermying Birds" What goes on in natural history museums like the one at the Burke? And why have them? Filled with far more than just a lot of "stuffed animals,” these collections are time-capsule libraries of...

Brian Zinke on "Lights out for Birds: How Reducing Nighttime Light Saves Migratory Species" Each year, millions of birds migrate across our region under the cover of darkness. But increasing levels of artificial light at night are disorienting and draw birds into cities where they face fatal collisions with buildings,...

Madagascar, a Place Like Nowhere Else Combined Meeting: In-Person at UW Center for Urban Horticulture and via Xoom

Members' Photo Night will take place via Zoom with each person presenting their work (remotely: no in-person meeting).

Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) are brilliant blue songbirds found in a variety of western U.S. habitats.  On the west side of the Cascades, they historically had relied on mature Garry oak woodlands: because of habitat loss (old oak trees with natural cavities), the Western Bluebird is listed as a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need.”...

Haley Olson, Senior Resource Scientist, Puget Sound Energy, Avian Protection Program “PSE’s Avian Protection Program: Protecting Birds and Improving Power Reliability." Puget Sound Energy serves 1.2 million electricity and 900,000 natural gas customers across 10 counties in Washington, a 6,000 square-mile service area. Since early 2000, PSE has endeavored to...