WOS Event Calendar
Events
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Matt Farr and Toby Ross: “Counting Seabirds in Puget Sound: How Difficult Could It Be?”
Healthy seabird populations are an indicator of a healthy ocean. Unfortunately, many of our seabird populations are imperiled and in need of conservation action. Among those monitoring seabird species and assessing population trends is the Puget Sound Seabird Survey (PSSS). However, the collection of data is only the first step...
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Kim Marie Thorburn on “Biodiversity Conservation and the Endangered Species Act”
Kim Marie Thorburn on Biodiversity Conservation and the Endangered Species Act" At 50 years+, the Endangered Species Act is considered one of our most successful conservation policies. More than 200 species’ extinctions have been prevented to date: which is 99% of all species listed as endangered. Yet, as the earth...
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Chris Anderson on Common Loon Management in Washington State
May 5, 2025 Monthly Meeting: Chris Anderson on Common Loon Management in Washington State. Factoid: Washington may be the only state in which Common Loons are known to overwinter on both salt and fresh water. The Common Loon (Gavia immer) was known to be a fairly common breeding species both...
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Wenas Campout
You’re invited to attend a celebration of birds, blooms, and bugs and the beauty of spring in eastern Washington. The annual Wenas Campout will take place May 30-June 2, 2025 at the Hazel Wolf Bird Sanctuary at the Wenas Creek (Cascade) Campground (SW of Ellensburg). 2025 marks the 60th Wenas...
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Kersti Muul on “When Science Meets Serendipity”
Is our fascination and engagement with wildlife fueled more by familiarity with the individual or the entire species? How about both? Our opening Monthly Meeting of the season explores how one determined wildlife field biologist and a single Bald Eagle's uniqueness brought a community together, solved a mystery and ultimately...
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Northern Lincoln County Highlights with Jon Isacoff
Northern Lincoln County Highlights with Leader Jon Isacoff Limit 12 participants We will bird Reardan ponds, Mill Canyon, Davenport area, and Hawk Creek Canyon. Target species: Surf and White-winged Scoters (there was a Black Scoter observed in Mill Canyon in November 2024!), Ruffed Grouse, Gray Partridge, Pacific Loon, Golden Eagle,...
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Ashley Martens on Birds of Washington’s Old Growth Forests
The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, November 3, Ashley Martens will present "Birds of Washington's Old Growth Forests.” All forest stages have an important ecological role to play. The old-growth stage of a forest is especially important because of its unique...
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Okanogan Highlands and Waterville Plateau with Leader Shep Thorp
Join Shep Thorp for winter birding in the Okanogan Highlands and Waterville Plateau. We’ll be staying at the Omak Inn in Omak, Friday February 13th through Monday February 16th. Our trip will officially start Saturday morning 2/14 at 6:30am at the Omak Inn Foyer and finish Monday afternoon 2/16 at...
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Larry Schwitters: “Vaux’s Swifts: 27 Million and Counting”
The tiny, narrow-winged Vaux’s Swift is found only in the western hemisphere. In the words of Mr. Swift - Schwitters, our speaker, “Because of its anatomy, a swift is unable to perch and so needs a rough, vertical surface to hook its claws into; it then puts its tail down...