WOS Event Calendar
Events
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Western Field Ornithologists 50th Annual Conference
Ashland Hils Hotel & Suites 2525 Ashland St, Ashland, OR 97520, OR, United StatesCelebrate 50 years of WFO’s Annual Conference in 2026 by joining us in Ashland, Oregon this fall! In partnership with Klamath Bird Observatory and the Oregon Birding Association, WFO is excited to commemorate this golden milestone in Ashland, Oregon, September 17– 20, 2026. Our planning committee is hard at work...
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Jeff Kozma, Wildlife Biologist, Yakama Nation will present “Western Bluebirds: Nesting Success in Managed Ponderosa Pine”
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.”...
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The Big Sit!
Discovery Park - The DunesWOS members will be gathering at The Dunes in Discovery Park for this year's annual Big Sit! While WOS is not organizing the event, Team South Meadowlarks (comprised of many WOS members), will meet at 6am at the Sand Dunes next to the Bluff to begin their Big Sit. It's...
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Haley Olson, senior resource scientist, Puget Sound Energy
Online Only via ZoomHaley 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...