Steve Hampton will share the results of his recently published research on birds and climate change – changes that are already happening – with a special focus on the Pacific Northwest. Hampton has been birding since he was seven years old. He worked for the California Department of Fish &...

Share Your Photos: Member Photo Night! (“virtual” monthly meeting via Zoom) Monday, June 5, 2023 Our final WOS Monthly Meeting of the season will be “Member Photo Night," when favorite and new birding sites and insights are shared via the diverse and entertaining birding experiences of our members. Photographer Members,...

By Zoom Only. We've all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances traveled, the ways they navigate, etc. But did you ever wonder how this has all been figured out? Our speaker, Rebecca Heisman, became fascinated with the varied and creative techniques that have been used to investigate bird...

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...

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....

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....

More information to come.