WOS Event Calendar
Events
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Grant and Lincoln County Highlights with Jon Isacoff
Lincoln and Grant County Highlights Saturday: 2/21 Trip Leader: Jon Isacoff Limit: 11 participants Meet: 7:00AM, Wal Mart Parking Lot, Airway Heights WA (10 minute drive from downtown Spokane) Description: We will bird Reardan ponds (if not frozen), Mill Canyon, Banks Lake, Steamboat Rock State Park, and Northrup Canyon State....
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Hansville Area with Penny Rose
Gather the last of the winter migrants before they wing away. We will bird hotspots in the Hansville area in Kitsap County, such as Foulweather Bluff, Point No Point and pocket parks with hidden treasures. Limit 11 participants Timing and logistics provided after registration Register by contacting Penny Rose drongo43@yahoo.com...
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Columbia Plateau with Kim Thorburn
Experience the breeding birds settling into the Columbia Plateau as a few migrant stragglers take leave. After a quick scan of the south end of Banks Lake, we'll head west to the Douglas Creek and Badger Mountain Recreation Area to enjoy the riparian coulee country and dry pine forest of...
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Vashon Island with Leader Penny Rose
Build your FOY while exploring Vashon Island. With its multitude of habitats -- saltwater, freshwater, forests and thickets -- Vashon offers a variety of species sure to build out your 2026 list. This trip provides excellent opportunities to find uncommon species such as Eared Grebe and White-winged Scoter. Limit 11...
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Chris Templeton: Sound the alarm: How Chickadees Communicate Sophisticated Information about Predators
Note: This is the February monthly meeting but it is being held a week earlier than usual, because Monthly Meeting volunteers are out of town on the normal date.
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Clark County Weekend
I will run the annual WOS Weekend to Clark County again for 2026. The main change is the last weekend of March rather than the first weekend of March, when weather often was a factor. Clark County Weekend Leaders: Randy Hill, Russ Koppendrayer, and Cindy McCormack Dates: Friday, March 27...
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Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival
The Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival registration is open. The event is May 1 - 3, 2026 based in Hoquiam, WA. Featured speakers for 2026 include Robert Steelquist, Friday Keynote; Allison Anholt, Saturday Dinner; Dave Slater, Program Speaker; and John "The Falconer" Prucich, Program Speaker. Here's a sampling of...
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Madison Mayfield on Painting, Curating and Taxidermying Birds
Madison Mayfield on "A Different Kind of Life List: A Career Painting, Curating & Taxidermying Birds" What goes on in natural history museums like the one at the Burke? And why have them? Filled with far more than just a lot of "stuffed animals,” these collections are time-capsule libraries of...
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Dennis Paulson on “Madagascar, a Place Like Nowhere Else”
Madagascar, a Place Like Nowhere Else Combined Meeting: In-Person at UW Center for Urban Horticulture and via Xoom
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Brian Zinke on “Lights out for Birds: How Reducing Nighttime Light Saves Migratory Species”
Brian Zinke on "Lights out for Birds: How Reducing Nighttime Light Saves Migratory Species" Each year, millions of birds migrate across our region under the cover of darkness. But increasing levels of artificial light at night are disorienting and draw birds into cities where they face fatal collisions with buildings,...