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...

Jason Fidorra will present ”Washington's Ferruginous Hawks: Status and Ecology” Online only via Zoom. The Ferruginous Hawk, Buteo regalis, is North America’s largest hawk, with populations in decline over most of its range. Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Staff and volunteers monitor over 275 historic breeding sites of this...

George Divoky will speak on “The Birdwatcher Who Saw the Future Looks Back onHalf a Century of Arctic Change” WOS is excited to announce that the March 6 Monthly Meeting will be conducted as a hybrid event. You may attend the meeting in either of two ways: • In-person, at...

The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to travel to Midway Atoll in the company of J.D. Bergeron to witness how volunteers conduct a census of albatrosses found there. Bergeron is the Executive Director of International Bird Rescue located in Fairfield, CA. Midway Atoll is the site of...