WOS Event Calendar

  • Puget Sound Birdfest

    The 2020 Puget Sound Bird Fest will be held online September 12-13. Renowned crow and raven specialist Kaeli Swift has been selected as the keynote speaker. Dr. Swift will kick off the festivities on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with a live interactive webinar ‘Something to Crow About’. Other online presentations...

  • Dr. J. Drew Lanham on “Coloring the Conservation Conversation”

    J. Drew Lanham will be the keynote speaker for a joint virtual annual meeting of the Oregon Birding Association and Washington Ornithological Society in September. We are fortunate to have engaged master teacher, birder and writer Dr. J. Drew Lanham, Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University. His research...

  • Olivia Sanderfoot on “Fire, Smoke and Song”

    Olivia Sanderfoot will give a talk entitled "Fire, Smoke and Song: Effects of Particulate Pollution on Bird Observation and Acoustic Activity" Check the Monthly Meetings Page as the date approaches for more information and details about how to join the talk using the GoToMeeting app.

  • Paul Bannick: Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History

    A stunningly beautiful Snowy Owl took up residence on Seattle’s Queen Anne Hill as of November 14. Since then hundreds of delighted birders, photographers and local residents, eager to see this charismatic bird from the far north, have flocked to see it. If you would like to learn more about...

  • Kim Adelson: Dinosaurs Amongst Us

    Virtually all paleontologists agree that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and most even go so far as to claim that birds are, in fact, living dinosaurs. Come learn about the remarkable similarities between birds and the creatures they evolved from. We guarantee that you will not only be surprised as to...

  • Jeff Kozma on Gray Flycatcher Nest Ecology

    Our presenter will be Jeff Kozma, TFW (Timber, Fish, and Wildlife) Wildlife Biologist for the Yakama Tribe. The Gray Flycatcher (with the down-dipping tail) ranges over our Western states and is the subject of one of Jeff Kozma’s research efforts. In this presentation, Jeff will expound upon relatively unknown aspects...

  • Matt Bartels on Washington’s Vagrants: Where and When.

    Matt Bartels, Secretary of WOS's Washington Bird Records Committee, will speak on Washington's Vagrants. Where do Washington vagrants come from, why do they show up and are there strategies to look for them? Join Matt Bartels, Secretary of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC), in a discussion of the rare...

  • FULL: Yakima County with Scott Downes

    Yakima County Weekend. May 15-16. The birding will start on Saturday at White Pass and we’ll spend the rest of Saturday covering the varied habitats of the east slope of The Cascades where an amazing variety of birds, including up to 10 species of woodpecker can be encountered! We’ll finish...

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