BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Washington Ornithological Society - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Washington Ornithological Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wos.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Washington Ornithological Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012203Z CREATED:20260813T012203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012203Z UID:4674-1668211200-1668211200@wos.org SUMMARY:Woodland Bottoms with Leaders Russ Koppendrayer and Randy Hill DESCRIPTION:February 24\, Friday afternoon\nClark County Late Winter Search \nLeaders: Randy Hill and Russ Koppendrayer \nNote: WOS signups will be cut off by the weekend of 2/18 and then opened to Vancouver Audubon to fill any remaining slots. \nJoin Randy Hill and Russ Koppendrayer to explore the diversity of Clark County in the transition from late winter to early spring. This trip will concentrate on finding resident\, wintering and maybe early-arriving Vancouver area specialties. \nFor more information and to sign up\, contact Randy Hill by email at re_hill@q.com\, or at 360-975-2573 (text preferred). URL:https://wos.org/event/woodland-bottoms-with-leaders-russ-koppendrayer-and-randy-hill/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012203Z CREATED:20260813T012203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012203Z UID:4675-1668211200-1668211200@wos.org SUMMARY:Clark County Late Winter Search with Leaders Cindy McCormack \, Russ Koppendrayer\, and Randy Hill DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 25\, 2023 + optional Friday afternoon (2/24) and Sunday morning (2/26)\nClark County Late Winter Search \nLeaders:\nFriday: Randy Hill and Russ Koppendrayer\nSaturday: Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack\nSunday: Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack \nNote: WOS Sign-ups will be cut off by the weekend of 2/18 and then opened to the Vancouver Audubon Society to fill any remaining slots. \nExplore the diversity of Clark County in the transition from late winter to early spring. This trip will concentrate on finding resident\, wintering and maybe early-arriving Vancouver area specialties. Target species include Lesser Goldfinch\, Red-shouldered Hawk\, diving ducks and other waterfowl\, loons\, grebes and possibly owls. \nWe will meet at the I-5 Salmon Creek Park-and-Ride off NE 134th St at 7:30 AM and explore areas that could include Ridgefield NWR\, Vancouver Lake and lowlands and portions of the Columbia River. Depending on conditions\, a Sunday morning trip along the Vancouver waterfront that may reach as far upstream as Steigerwald Lake NWR or an upland forest trip might be added. A Friday afternoon exploration of the Woodland Bottoms also will be scheduled. \nFor more information and to sign up\, contact Randy Hill by email at re_hill@q.com\, or at 360-975-2573 (text preferred). URL:https://wos.org/event/clark-county-late-winter-search-with-leaders-cindy-mccormack-russ-koppendrayer-and-randy-hill/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012203Z CREATED:20260813T012203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012203Z UID:4676-1668211200-1668211200@wos.org SUMMARY:Vancouver Waterfront with Leaders Cindy McCormack and Randy Hill DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, February 25\, 2023 + optional Friday afternoon and Sunday morning\nClark County Late Winter Search \nLeaders: Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack \nNote: WOS sign-ups will be cut off by the weekend of 2/18 for this field trip and then opened to Vancouver Audubon the week of the trip to fill any remaining slots. \nJoin Randy Hill and Cindy McCormack to explore the diversity of Clark County in the transition from late winter to early spring. This trip will concentrate on finding resident\, wintering and maybe early-arriving Vancouver area specialties. \nDepending on conditions\, a Sunday morning trip along the Vancouver waterfront that may reach as far upstream as Steigerwald Lake NWR or an upland forest trip might be added. A Friday afternoon exploration of the Woodland Bottoms also will be scheduled. \nFor more information and to sign up\, contact Randy Hill by email at re_hill@q.com\, or at 360-975-2573 (text preferred). URL:https://wos.org/event/vancouver-waterfront-with-leaders-cindy-mccormack-and-randy-hill/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221108T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012151Z CREATED:20260813T012151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012151Z UID:4673-1667865600-1667865600@wos.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED Winter Birding in NE Washington with Leader Dave Kreft DESCRIPTION:Note: The trip leader has had to cancel this trip.\nLimit 10\, limit to 4 vehicles if possible. \nOur meeting point will be in Colville\, WA. The plan is to explore accessible roads in the Colville Valley\, then east along State Route 20 through the Little Pend Oreille Lakes region into the Pend Oreille River Valley\, south to Usk\, WA and then west over Flowery Trail Pass\, ending in Chewelah\, WA and the upper Colville River Valley. Roughly 95-100 miles total by vehicle. \nThese will all be well-maintained state and county paved roads\, but likely with at least some snow and ice on the roadways. All-wheel or front-wheel drive vehicles with all-season or winter traction tires highly recommended. Weather can be very cold\, with snow. Appropriate warm\, layered clothing and winter footwear is a must.\n • We will try to carpool where folks are comfortable doing so. Please self-monitor your health (if you are having cold symptoms\, please stay home) and if possible\, carpool with the same group you traveled with to the field trip). \n • NOTE: If forecasted weather conditions become dangerous\, the trip will be canceled with as much advance notice as possible\, at the discretion of the field trip leader. Lodging and restaurants are available in Colville\, Chewelah\,and Kettle Falls. Contact the trip leader\, Dave Kreft\, for details on these establishments\n \nTarget Species: White-winged Crossbill\, Red Crossbill\, Pine Grosbeak\, Evening Grosbeak\, Northern Pygmy Owl\, Short-eared Owl\, Rough-legged Hawk\, Golden Eagle\, Northern Harrier\, Clark’s Nutcracker\, Canada Jay\, Bohemian Waxwing\, Common Redpoll\, American Three-toed Woodpecker\, Black-backed Woodpecker. There will be other species to see that might help you round out your county lists for Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties. \nContact the trip leader if you have questions regarding the likelihood of a particular species. Nothing guaranteed\, of course! \nTo sign up\, please contact Dave Kreft. Call or text (509) 675-9375. Email  dkreft052@gmail.com URL:https://wos.org/event/cancelled-winter-birding-in-ne-washington-with-leader-dave-kreft/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221107T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221107T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012151Z CREATED:20260813T012151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012151Z UID:4671-1667779200-1667779200@wos.org SUMMARY:Samish Flats with Leader Brian H. Bell DESCRIPTION:Meet at 7:30 at the north end of the Kingsgate P&R at 13001 116th Ave NE\, Kirkland\, WA 98034.\nLimit: 11 \nThe Samish and Skagit Flats can be excellent for raptors (hawks\, eagles\, falcons) in late fall and winter. We’ll explore looking for a variety of raptors\, waterfowl\, perhaps wintering shorebirds and passerines. January can bring any sort of weather\, so come prepared\, particularly waterproof footwear. Bring scopes\, Discover Pass if you have one\, and lunch. We’ll carpool to 3 cars (leader will ride in one of the vehicles but will not be driving). Call Brian at (425) 485-8058 to reserve your spot on the trip (206-619-0379 morning of trip only\, please). $50 carpool shared among passengers. URL:https://wos.org/event/samish-flats-with-leader-brian-h-bell/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221107T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221107T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012151Z CREATED:20260813T012151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012151Z UID:4672-1667779200-1667779200@wos.org SUMMARY:FULL -- WOS Okanogan Highlands/Waterville Plateau Winter Trip DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This trip has reached the maximum number of participants and is now only accepting names for a waiting list.Join Shep Thorp and Scott Ramos for winter birding in the Okanogan Highlands and Waterville Plateau. We’ll be staying at the Omak Inn in Omak\, Friday February 17th through Monday February 20th\, birding our way home Monday February the 20th. Our trip will start Saturday morning 2/18 at 6:30 am at the Omak Inn Foyer and finish Monday afternoon 2/20 at 3:00 pm in Waterville. \nLimit of 12 persons. \nFor those wanting to join us on our way over\, we will meet up Friday morning around 6:00 am at the North Bend Park and Ride. \nWe will be birding Fancher Road\, Siwash Creek Road\, Havillah Sno-Park\, Nealy Road Feeders\, Chesaw\, Mary Ann Creek/Fields/Davies Road\, Scotch Creek Wildlife Area\, Happy Hill Road\, Conconully\, Cameron Lake Road – possible\, Washburn Island\, Bridgeport State Park\, Central Ferry Canyon-possible\, Bridgeport Hill Rd-possible\, G and H Roads east of Mansfield\, Heritage Road to Atkins Lake\, Withrow\, the Lamoine wind break and F Road north. \nSpecies we hope to see include Sharp-tailed Grouse\, Gray Partridge\, Chukar\, Canvasback\, Redhead\, Rough-legged Hawk\, Golden Eagle\, Northern Goshawk\, Snowy Owl\, Long-eared Owl\, Short-eared Owl\, Northern Saw-whet Owl\, Great Gray Owl\, American Three-toed Woodpecker\, Black-backed Woodpecker\, White-headed Woodpecker\, Prairie Falcon\, Gyrfalcon\, Bohemian Waxwing\, Townsend’s Solitaire\, American Tree Sparrow\, three varieties of Horned Lark\, Lapland Longspur\, Snow Bunting\, Gray-crowned Rosy-finch\, Pine Grosbeak\, Red Crossbill\, White-winged Crossbill\, Common Redpoll\, Cassin’s Finch\, Mountain Chickadee\, Pygmy Nuthatch\, and White-breasted Nuthatch. \nPlease contact Shep Thorp at shepthorp@gmail.com or call 253-370-3742. Participants must be COVID immunized (and booster please) and be antigen test negative (at home kit) within the week prior to attending. Facemasks will be required in venues requiring facemasks\, but while birding we will not require facemasks. This will be a 12 person trip with the plan to carpool on trip days (Sat and Sun) where we will have approximately 4 persons per vehicle. Attendees are required to be a member of WOS. Join or renew at https://wos.org/membership/ URL:https://wos.org/event/full-wos-okanogan-highlands-waterville-plateau-winter-trip/ CATEGORIES:Filled Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220929T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220929T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012151Z CREATED:20260813T012151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012151Z UID:4670-1664409600-1664409600@wos.org SUMMARY:Peter Hodum on Of puffins and people: Conserving seabirds of the Salish Sea and Outer Coast of Washington DESCRIPTION: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 size of the meeting space. Ventilation will be enhanced and seating will be spaced. The proper wearing of facial masks when indoors will be required\, as a protective measure for all of us. No refreshments will be served. The doors will open at 6:30 pm. The presentation by Peter Hodum entitled: Of puffins and people: Conserving seabirds of the Salish Sea and Outer Coast of Washington begins at 7:30 p.m. See the Monthly Meetings page for more details. URL:https://wos.org/event/peter-hodum-on-of-puffins-and-people-conserving-seabirds-of-the-salish-sea-and-outer-coast-of-washington/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220904T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220904T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012151Z CREATED:20260813T012151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012151Z UID:4669-1662249600-1662249600@wos.org SUMMARY:Puget Sound Bird Fest DESCRIPTION:Puget Sound Bird Fest Returns in Person September 10-11 th \, 2022\nCelebrate the 18th annual festival with speakers\, field activities\, exhibits\, and more \n(Edmonds\, WA) Mark your calendars for the 2022 Puget Sound Bird Fest on September 10-11 th in Edmonds.\nThis beloved fall tradition will return in person for nature lovers throughout the Pacific Northwest with two days\nof speakers\, guided walks\, field trips\, boat tours\, exhibits\, and educational activities for children and adults. \nThe 2022 event will kick off Saturday with early-morning guided walks offered by the Pilchuck Audubon Society\nfollowed by a keynote address by swan biologist Martha Jordan at 10am in the Edmonds Plaza Room. In her\nspecial presentation Washington’s Swans and Snow Geese: Connections to land use\, agriculture\, and dairy\nfarms\, Martha will explore how changes in agriculture and land use practices will affect the distribution and\npopulation dynamics of wintering waterfowl in Washington\, as well as the farms and farmers themselves. \nThe Edmonds Library will host a special Bird Fest Family Storytime on Saturday\, then families can head next\ndoor to the Bird Fest Exhibits Hall at the Frances Anderson Center for hands-on learning and exploration. Booths\nstaffed by representatives from regional conservation organizations\, artists\, scientists\, and select vendors will\nbe open all day Saturday\, and guests can enjoy presentations on backyard birding\, local birding hotspots\, and\nmore in the Edmonds Plaza Room. \nFor folks wanting to get outside\, Bird Fest offers lots of opportunities throughout the weekend including guided\nnature walks at parks and viewing stations in and around Edmonds\, field workshops on bird identification\,\nnature photography\, and a Sunday boat cruise to Protection Island. \nLocated in picturesque Downtown Edmonds Bird Fest guests can enjoy a rich array of shops\, galleries\,\nrestaurants\, cafes and bistros that cater to arts and festivals. Many acclaimed eateries in the center of town and\nalong the beachfront are within easy walking distance of the festival venue. \nMany Bird Fest activities are free and open to the public\, with some activities requiring a small fee and/or pre-\nregistration. For more information visit the Bird Fest website at www.pugetsoundbirdfest.org\, or find us on\nFacebook and/or Instagram. URL:https://wos.org/event/puget-sound-bird-fest-2/ CATEGORIES:Other Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220902T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220902T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012147Z CREATED:20260813T012147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012147Z UID:4668-1662076800-1662076800@wos.org SUMMARY:Unexpected Population Trends in Panamanian Rainforest Birds: Complex Webs by Prof. James R. Karr DESCRIPTION: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.\nWOS Monthly Meeting October 3\, 2022\nUW Professor Emeritus James Karr on “Unexpected Population Trends in Panamanian Rainforest Birds: Complex Webs”\nProf. Karr will present the results of a long-term study he initiated 55 years ago as a Ph.D. student in a large\, protected area of central Panama. His talk will also feature photos of the many furtive understory birds captured with ground-level mist nets over the course of the study. \nParticipant sign-in on Zoom begins at 7:15 PM Pacific Time. The meeting will begin at 7:30 PM.\nZoom login\, passcode and URLs will be provided here when they are available. URL:https://wos.org/event/unexpected-population-trends-in-panamanian-rainforest-birds-complex-webs-by-prof-james-r-karr/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220801T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220801T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012147Z CREATED:20260813T012147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012147Z UID:4667-1659312000-1659312000@wos.org SUMMARY:Bird Lovers Day DESCRIPTION:Take a birding tour\, hear a story book\, observe herons\, learn about birds from the experts! These are among the activities at Bird Lovers Day at the Ballard Locks Saturday\, Aug. 6\, 2022.\nWOS\, Seattle Audubon Society\, COASST\, Heron Habitat Helpers\, and Secret Garden Books will be present at the Ballard Locks to provide tours and information about birds and to describe what their organizations have to offer people interested in birds. \nThe Bird Lovers Day is being organized by the Seattle District of the Army Corps of Engineers\, which operates the Ballard Locks. \nSee the poster here. URL:https://wos.org/event/bird-lovers-day/ CATEGORIES:Other Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220721T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220721T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012147Z CREATED:20260813T012147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012147Z UID:4666-1658361600-1658361600@wos.org SUMMARY:Walla Walla Hotspots with Mike & MerryLynn Denny DESCRIPTION:Meet at 7 am at Madame Dorion Park north of Wallula Junction in western Walla Walla County. Take N. Shore Rd off US-12 and stay to the right. We’ll be checking parks and river for shorebirds and vagrant passerines. All-day trip – bring lunch. May be walking a couple miles. Contact Mike & MerryLynn by email with questions and to reserve a spot at m.denny@charter.net URL:https://wos.org/event/walla-walla-hotspots-with-mike-merrylynn-denny/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220507T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220507T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012147Z CREATED:20260813T012147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012147Z UID:4665-1651881600-1651881600@wos.org SUMMARY:Member Photo Night DESCRIPTION: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 Year Three of COVID-19\, this will once again be a “virtual” birding experience for the audience\, joining from our respective ‘evening roosting spots.’\nPhotographer Members\, thank you in advance for sharing your skills and talents as storytellers! Please do some birding on your hard drive\, and step up to share some of your favorite bird photos: we would love to learn about your encounters and anecdotes! \nGuidelines: if you would like to participate –\n – send an email by May 29 to Elaine elc@uw.edu with WOS Member Photo Night in the subject line\nplease include your full name and the location of your photos (just a clue for planning)\n – on the evening of June 6\, we will take turns via Zoom using “share screen”\n – please plan to limit your presentation to 8 minutes (to include show and tell of photos) \nIdeally\, each presenter will present their own photos and have a microphone and camera. But absent these\, don’t let that stop you from participating! URL:https://wos.org/event/member-photo-night-2/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220415T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220415T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012147Z CREATED:20260813T012147Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012147Z UID:4664-1649980800-1649980800@wos.org SUMMARY:eBird Class by Pilchuck Audubon DESCRIPTION:eBird has become a powerful tool for conservation\, but it can be\nintimidating for first time users (even second and third timers!). If you’d\nlike to learn more about eBird and have someone walk you through it\, then\nwe invite you to join Pilchuck Audubon’s upcoming class on April 19 & 26. \nIn the class\, you’ll learn the basics of how to record\, share\, and manage\nyour lists while using eBird as a tool to learn new regional birds and\nprepare for upcoming departures near and far. This is a two-week class\, so\nyou’ll have an opportunity to practice after week one\, and come back to\nhave your questions answered in week two. If you’ve ever felt intimidated\nor unsure where to start with using eBird\, this is the class for you. \nPricing: $20 for Pilchuck Audubon Society members\, $30 for non-members \nFor more information please see our webpage:\nhttps://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/classes URL:https://wos.org/event/ebird-class-by-pilchuck-audubon/ CATEGORIES:Other Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220410T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220410T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012145Z CREATED:20260813T012145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012145Z UID:4663-1649548800-1649548800@wos.org SUMMARY:Seattle’s Expanding Cooper’s Hawk Population DESCRIPTION: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\nThe 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 Seattle Cooper’s Hawk Project have learned about these common but elusive raptors through 10 years of monitoring them in Seattle. \nThirty years ago Cooper’s Hawks began colonizing urban and suburban landscapes throughout the US\, developing a tolerance for living in proximity to humans. The Seattle Cooper’s Hawk Project is one of several studies in large US cities and the only all-volunteer\, community science project. Since 2012 the group has monitored the local Cooper’s Hawk population nesting density and annual nest productivity. \nIn 1991 Ed was introduced to the fascinating world of raptors when he signed up for a Hawk ID class with Bud Anderson. It proved to be a mid-life-changing event\, leading to hawk banding in WA state and beyond; 17 years of volunteering on the Falcon Research Group’s study of nesting Peregrine Falcons in the San Juan Islands; 28 years of monitoring & banding nesting Peregrines in the Seattle area; and\, of course\, his work monitoring Seattle’s Cooper’s Hawks. \nWhen? Monday\, May 2\, 7:30 pm (sign-in begins at 7:15 pm) \nWOS Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online.\n \nFor login information\, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/.  While there\, if you are not yet a member of WOS\, I hope you will consider becoming one.\n \nPlease join us! \nVicki King\nWOS Program Coordinator URL:https://wos.org/event/seattles-expanding-coopers-hawk-population/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220323T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012145Z CREATED:20260813T012145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012145Z UID:4661-1647993600-1647993600@wos.org SUMMARY:Jeff Antonelis-Lapp on Special Birds of Mt. Rainier DESCRIPTION: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. \nTo most birders\, Mount Rainier National Park is a mecca for subalpine and alpine birds that include Canada (Gray) Jay\,\nClark’s Nutcracker\, Mountain Bluebird\, and highly sought-after specialties that include Boreal Owl\, White-tailed Ptarmigan\,\nand Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch. But did you know that it and its neighboring watersheds host Northern Spotted Owl\, Marbled\nMurrelet\, and Streaked Horned Lark\, all protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act? Jeff will share the status of\nthese key species based on Tahoma and Its People\, the natural history of Mount Rainier that he wrote and the Washington\nState University Press published. \nJeff’s connection to Mt. Rainier is long and deep. In addition to extensive research he conducted for his book\, Jeff worked\ntwo summers at “the Mountain” after graduating from college. He has summited it\, hiked all of its mapped trails\, and\ncompleted the 93-mile Wonderland Trail five times. \nWhen? Monday\, April 4\, 7:30 pm via Zoom (Sign-in begins at 7:15 pm)\, \nWOS Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online. \nFor login information\, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/. While there\, if you are not yet a member of\nWOS\, I hope you will consider becoming one. \nPlease join us! \nVicki King\nWOS Program Coordinator URL:https://wos.org/event/jeff-antonelis-lapp-on-special-birds-of-mt-rainier/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220130T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220130T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012145Z CREATED:20260813T012145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012145Z UID:4660-1643500800-1643500800@wos.org SUMMARY:The Secret Life of the Deserts of the Pacific Northwest with Mike Denny and Daniel Biggs DESCRIPTION:The Washington Ornithological Society is delighted to invite you to join our March 7 Monthly Meeting when our program will feature The Secret Life of the Deserts of the Pacific Northwest. \nThis presentation will introduce us to a unique series that covers the desert regions of Oregon and Washington. During the\nlast three years of filming\, over 450 species (plants\, animals\, and fish) were recorded\, revealing the many treasures\, the\nincredible beauty\, and the secrets of this vast area. This educational production consists of eighteen episodes. It is narrated\nby Mike Denny who brings to the series not only a lifetime of natural history knowledge but also a message of conservation\nand relationships. Daniel Biggs of Blue Mountain Television filmed and edited the series. Their presentation will include one\n28-minute episode in the series that will be released to the public in 2022. \nWhen? On Monday\, February 7\, 7:30 pm via Zoom (Sign-in begins at 7:15 pm). \nWOS Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online. \nFor login information\, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/. While there\, if you are not yet a member of\nWOS\, I hope you will consider becoming one. URL:https://wos.org/event/the-secret-life-of-the-deserts-of-the-pacific-northwest-with-mike-denny-and-daniel-biggs/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220128T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220128T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012145Z CREATED:20260813T012145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012145Z UID:4659-1643328000-1643328000@wos.org SUMMARY:Cornell Lab’s Birds of the World and the Birder's Dashboard for Washington DESCRIPTION:The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) warmly invites you to join us on Feb. 7 when we’ll learn about two powerful online birding resources: Cornell Lab’s Birds of the World and the Birder’s Dashboard for Washington.\nWashington Ornithological Society members now enjoy free access to Birds of the World\, the world’s most comprehensive\nornithology resource. Laura Kammermeier\, our guest speaker from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology\, will show how this\nauthoritative but accessible resource can help deepen our understanding of birds’ life histories\, learn families and\nsubspecies\, examine songs\, calls and identification features\, and find updated range maps. Laura will give us a tour of this\nimpressively dynamic resource and demonstrate some of its lesser-known features. \nOur second speaker will be WOS member and Zella M. Schultz Award recipient\, Randy Robinson. Randy created the\nBirder’s Dashboard for Washington that went live in 2015. It is based on sightings submitted to eBird from anywhere in Washington\nState and it makes those sightings available within a few hours. The sightings can also be searched using a variety of useful\nfilters. Please join us and learn how to take full advantage of this wonderful\, user-friendly resource. \nWhat: Cornell Lab’s Birds of the World and the Washington Dashboard\nWhen: Monday\, February 7\, 7:00 pm via Zoom (Sign-in begins at 6:45 pm) \nWOS Monthly Meetings remain open to all as we continue to welcome the wider birding community to join us online. \nFor login information\, go to http://wos.org/about-wos/monthly-meetings/. While there\, if you are not yet a member of\nWOS\, I hope you will consider becoming one. URL:https://wos.org/event/cornell-labs-birds-of-the-world-and-the-birders-dashboard-for-washington/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211224T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211224T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012143Z CREATED:20260813T012143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012143Z UID:4658-1640304000-1640304000@wos.org SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Olympic Peninsula Birdfest DESCRIPTION:The Olympic Peninsula Bird Festival\, three days of field trips and events held each April in Sequim\, Washington\, was recently canceled for 2022 because of covid-related concerns.\nThe Dungeness River Nature Center and Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society will instead celebrate birds for the entire month of April. \nWhile planning gets underway\, the following events\, originally scheduled to coincide with BirdFest\, are still on offer: \n • BirdFest BirdQuest is a game played in downtown Sequim for the entire month of April. Fifteen to 20 bird-art pieces created by Sequim High Schoolers are hidden in various businesses. Find them and vote for your favorite. Prizes! Sponsored by The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce https://olympicbirdfest.org/birdfest-birdquest/ \n • 7 Cedars Resort Hotel\, newly open in 2021\, will offer special packages for visiting birders throughout April. The resort hotel\, is adjacent to the Olympic Discovery Trail at Blyn on the south end of Sequim Bay. Great birding here at low tide and in nearby woodlands. www.7cedars.com \n • Current information and schedules will be posted in the next few months on the following websites:\nwww.dungenessrivercenter.org\nwww.olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org\nwww.birdfest.org \nNext year’s BirdFest will be held Thurs.-Sun.\, April 13-16. Registration opens January 1\, 2023. URL:https://wos.org/event/cancelled-olympic-peninsula-birdfest/ CATEGORIES:Other Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211214T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012142Z CREATED:20260813T012142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012142Z UID:4657-1639440000-1639440000@wos.org SUMMARY:FULL: Yakima County Weekend with Leader Scott Downes DESCRIPTION:THIS TRIP IS FULL. The birding will start on Saturday at White Pass and 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 Saturday covering the Wenas Creek drainage before ending in Yakima. Sunday will have an early start to beat the heat and will head into the lower Yakima Valley covering areas like Toppenish NWR\, Sunnyside Wildlife Area and Fort Simcoe. The Lower Yakima Valley is often alive with birds of the marsh during May. The trip will end in early afternoon to allow time for people to travel home and beat at least some of the heat. The weekend trip should be a great exposure to the breeding birds of Yakima County and at least 120 species are expected over the weekend\, likely more.\nParticipants should be prepared with lunch\, water and snacks both days as we’ll be birding on the run. A scope will be helpful if you have it. Drivers should have the Discover Pass and ideally a Northwest Forest Pass. Weather can vary from needing layers at White Pass to bug spray and sunscreen in the Lower Valley. Expect to meet both days in Yakima at dawn or just before. Trip will be limited to 9 participants. For questions or to sign up\, contact Scott Downes at downess@charter.net. URL:https://wos.org/event/full-yakima-county-weekend-with-leader-scott-downes/ CATEGORIES:Filled Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211210T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012142Z CREATED:20260813T012142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012142Z UID:4656-1639094400-1639094400@wos.org SUMMARY:Chelan County with Leader Dan Stephens DESCRIPTION:Meet at the Easy Street Park & Ride in North Wenatchee at Easy Street and Highway SR 97/US 2. Target species are Lewis’s Woodpecker\, Williamson’s Sapsucker\, and Gray Flycatcher. We’ll be back in Wenatchee by 3 p.m. Contact Dan Stephens at 509-679-4706. Trip limited to 12 people (WOS members). URL:https://wos.org/event/chelan-county-with-leader-dan-stephens/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012142Z CREATED:20260813T012142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012142Z UID:4655-1638921600-1638921600@wos.org SUMMARY:Planting with a Purpose: To Bring Birds Back DESCRIPTION:WOS’s January 3\, 2022 Meeting: Planting with a Purpose: To Bring Birds Back\nHow to Transform Our Yards into Bird-Friendly Habitat \nRecent headlines have highlighted serious declines in the numbers of birds and of insects\, including insects that pollinate our food and insects that are primary food sources for many birds. However\, as our presenters at WOS’ Jan. 3 Monthly Meeting program will show\, we are not doomed to stand by\, helplessly\, and watch these worrisome trends continue. We can take actions to turn them around. \nOur first speaker will be Professor Doug Tallamy\, an entomologist and author of the NY Times best-seller\, Nature’s Best Hope\, a New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard (2019). Speaking in a recorded video\, Tallamy will describe specific steps we can take to create habitats in our yards where birds\, insects and other wildlife thrive. Chief among these steps is planting native plants\, particularly native “keystone plants” because the latter support 90% of the caterpillar species\, mostly moths\, that enable our terrestrial birds to reproduce. \nFollowing Tallamy’s presentation will be moth enthusiast\, David Droppers\, who will explain why moths are key\, not those pretty butterflies! He will address important questions such as 1) what are the keystone plants in Washington; 2) what are the challenges to selecting plants in the Pacific Northwest; and 3) how should we go about choosing plants. David will guide us through these plant choices while also sharing the natural history of moths. \nOur third presenter will be WOS member Neil Zimmerman who will show photos of the beautiful\, wildlife-friendly garden that he and his wife Carleen have created and he will share the principles that have guided them in creating and maintaining their garden. URL:https://wos.org/event/planting-with-a-purpose-to-bring-birds-back/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211204T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211204T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012142Z CREATED:20260813T012142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012142Z UID:4654-1638576000-1638576000@wos.org SUMMARY:WOS Okanogan Highlands/Waterville Plateau Winter Trip DESCRIPTION:Join Shep Thorp and Scott Ramos for winter birding in the Okanogan Highlands and Waterville Plateau. We’ll be staying at the Omak Inn in Omak\, Friday February 18th through Monday February 21st\, birding our way home Monday February the 21st.\nOur trip will start Saturday morning 2/19 at 6:30 am at the Omak Inn Foyer and finish Monday afternoon 2/21 at 3:00 pm in Waterville. For those wanting to join us on our way over\, we will meet up Friday morning around 6:00 am at the North Bend Park and Ride. \nWe will be birding Fancher Road\, Siwash Creek Road\, Havillah Sno-Park\, Hungry-Hollow/Nealy Road Feeders\, Chesaw\, Mary Ann Creek/Fields/Davies Road\, Scotch Creek Wildlife Area\, Happy Hill Road\, Conconully\, Cameron Lake Road – possible\, Washburn Island\, Bridgeport State Park\, Central Ferry Canyon\, Bridgeport Hill Rd\, G and H Roads east of Mansfield\, Heritage Road to Atkins Lake\, Withrow\, the Lamoine wind break and F Road north. \nSpecies we hope to see include Sharp-tailed Grouse\, Gray Partridge\, Chukar\, Canvasback\, Redhead\, Eared Grebe\, Rough-legged Hawk\, Golden Eagle\, Northern Goshawk\, Snowy Owl\, Long-eared Owl\, Northern Saw-whet Owl\, Great Gray Owl\, American Three-toed Woodpecker\, Black-backed Woodpecker\, White-headed Woodpecker\, Prairie Falcon\, Gyrfalcon\, Bohemian Waxwing\, Townsend’s Solitaire\, American Tree Sparrow\, three varieties of Horned Lark\, Lapland Longspur\, Snow Bunting\, Gray-crowned Rosy-finch\, Pine Grosbeak\, Red Crossbill\, White-winged Crossbill\, Common Redpoll\, Cassin’s Finch\, Mountain Chickadee\, Pygmy Nuthatch\, and White-breasted Nuthatch. \nPlease contact Shep Thorp at shepthorp@gmail.com or call 253-370-3742. \nParticipants must show proof of COVID immunization (and booster please) and be antigen test negative (at home kit) within the week prior to attending. Facemasks will be required in venues requiring facemasks\, but while birding we will not require facemasks. This will be a 12-person trip with the plan to carpool on trip days (Sat and Sun) where we will have approximately 4 persons per vehicle. Attendees are required to have membership in the Washington Ornithological Society (WOS). Join or renew here: https://wos.org/membership/ URL:https://wos.org/event/wos-okanogan-highlands-waterville-plateau-winter-trip/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211123T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211123T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012134Z CREATED:20260813T012134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012134Z UID:4653-1637625600-1637625600@wos.org SUMMARY:Spring Migration in Washtucna and other Migrant Traps with Leader Michael Woodruff DESCRIPTION:Spring Migration in Washtucna and other Migrant TrapsMay 29\, 2021 (Sunday)\nLeader: Michael Woodruff\nEmail: mkd.woodruff AT gmail.com – please email at any time to reserve your spot on the trip\nPhone: 509-496-7973\nMaximum # of participants (flexible) is eight.\nMeet at 6 a.m. at Bassett Park in Washtucna\, WA. Our plan will be to bird the migrant traps of Washtucna\, Palouse Falls\, and Lyons Ferry\, spending most of the day. Late May is a great time to still have large numbers of regular migrants as well as the slight possibility of a vagrant. Plan to pack a lunch and bring water. We can carpool from Washtucna\, or travel in separate cars to allow more flexibility for the day’s birding\, depending on preferences of participants. URL:https://wos.org/event/spring-migration-in-washtucna-and-other-migrant-traps-with-leader-michael-woodruff/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211104T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012134Z CREATED:20260813T012134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012134Z UID:4652-1635984000-1635984000@wos.org SUMMARY:Birding Grant County DESCRIPTION:This field trip is for WOS members. Participants must be fully vaccinated. Carpooling is available. Trip leader is Matt Yawney.Maximum number of registrants: 10. Contact Matt to sign up at 509 964 6594 (cell) or email: myawney@hotmail.com \nPlan: Drive to Northrup Canyon (25 mins)- hike into Northrup Canyon- 2-3 miles in (so 4-6 miles total). Targets will be finches\, thrushes\, Golden Eagle\, chickadees\, kinglets\, nuthatch\, Pygmy Owl if lucky. \n\nNorthrup Point- Gulls\nSteamboat Rock State Park- Waterfowl\, loons\, grebes.\nGolf Course- Look for Western Bluebirds\nElectric City- Gulls\nGrand Coulee Dam- Gulls\nUpper Grand Coulee Plateau- Look for Lapland Longspur (may only hear- often difficult to see\, but we’ll try)\, Horned Larks\, Snow Buntings (it may be too early for these)\, raptors\, Gray Partridge if lucky\, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch if lucky.\nCoulee City Park- Gulls\, loons\, grebes. \nIf time remains we can also check Banks Lake from the dam\, Dry Falls\, Sun Lakes State Park\, and the chain of lakes through the coulee corridor (which should have plenty of waterfowl and loons (only common is expected but we could get lucky). Soap Lake. If time permits we can visit Rocky Ford Creek (Trout Lodge)fish Hatchery where there are sometimes good photo-ops for Virginia Rail and Sora.\n\nThe plan is to bird the whole day\, until the sun sets. (Many of the stops are just 5-10 minute stops\, but others like Northrup Canyon can be several hours.) We can bring our lunch with us. Bring warm clothes in case it’s cold. URL:https://wos.org/event/birding-grant-county/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211016T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012134Z CREATED:20260813T012134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012134Z UID:4651-1634342400-1634342400@wos.org SUMMARY:Special Two-Part Meeting DESCRIPTION:WOS will hold its Annual Business and Awards Meeting and Dennis Paulson will speak on The Great Blue Heron –Wetlands Icon. This meeting will be held online only. Each part will last about 45 minutes.\nInformation on how to listen and see the presentations using the GoToMeeting app will be provided at least a week before the talk on the Monthly Meetings page: https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/ \nPlease make sure your video and microphone are turned off before you enter the session on GoToMeeting. URL:https://wos.org/event/special-two-part-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211015T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012134Z CREATED:20260813T012134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012134Z UID:4650-1634256000-1634256000@wos.org SUMMARY:Kim Adelson on Birds and Dinosaurs DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kim Adelson will be the featured speaker. Her subject will be The Birds who Lived with (Other) Dinosaurs: Part 2 of “The Dinosaurs Amongst Us” talk.\nThis talk is a continuation of Kim’s presentation to WOS last February of “The Dinosaurs Amongst Us”. Kim promises you\nwon’t get lost if you missed the first talk. (However\, note that a recording of that talk is available on the WOS YouTube\nchannel.) \nThe focus of this talk will be on the birds who lived during the age of dinosaurs. Although most people imagine that birds\nfirst appeared as the “classic” dinosaurs were dying off\, this is not true. Birds – true birds\, but significantly different from\ntoday’s species – first appeared about 160 million years ago and co-existed with non-avian dinosaurs for almost 100 million\nyears. Kim will discuss the features that characterized the very first birds and talk about the three main types of birds that\ndominated the landscape in the latter half of the dinosaur era. She will also try to give us a sense of the diversity of early\nbirds and the breadth of the ecological niches they filled. Finally\, she will talk about which modern\, extant orders of birds\nwere alive back then\, walking alongside other dinosaurs. You won’t want to miss this talk. \nThis presentation will be online only. Information about how to watch the talk using the GoToMeeting app will be provided at least one week before the meeting at https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/ \nThe meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. but you are invited to sign on ahead of time beginning at 7:15 p.m. And please always mute your microphone and turn your camera off before you enter a meeting. URL:https://wos.org/event/kim-adelson-on-birds-and-dinosaurs/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210915T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012134Z CREATED:20260813T012134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012134Z UID:4649-1631664000-1631664000@wos.org SUMMARY:Columbia Basin Migrant Traps DESCRIPTION:Trip Title: Columbia Basin Migrant TrapsTrip Leader: RJ Baltierra\nContact me at Richard.baltierra@outlook.com with questions or to sign up. Day before or day of the trip call my cell at 509-540-5084\nDate: Sunday September 26\, 2021\nMeeting time & place: Meet at 7 am at Bassett Park\, Washtucna.\nMax # of Participants: 10\nTrip Description: We will be visiting Washtucna\, Palouse Falls SP\, and Lyons Ferry SP. Depending on time\, and how the birding is we may go down to Windust and the Lower Monumental Dam area. We aim to be back in Washtucna before 5pm or if we do not car pool you can leave on your own terms. Pack a lunch. We will walking on mostly flat areas in parks\, tennis/hiking shoes will be fine. Rain and especially wind is a possibility so bring clothes with that in mind. These areas are very well known migrant traps so the hope here is to find some rarities\, whether it be rare sparrows\, a vagrant warbler or even a lost pelagic species. This is the later end for a lot things\, but there is still a strong potential for something unusual to show up. We will be in Franklin and Adams\, with migration going on this would be a great time to pick up a few new ones for these counties URL:https://wos.org/event/columbia-basin-migrant-traps/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210914T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012126Z CREATED:20260813T012126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012126Z UID:4648-1631577600-1631577600@wos.org SUMMARY:Jack Nisbet on "The Last Wild Condors in the PNW" DESCRIPTION:WOS’s monthly meetings resume October 4\, 2021 with an online presentation by author\, naturalist and teach Jack Nisbet on “The Last Wild Condors in the Pacific Northwest.”\nHis presentation will explore written and oral records of wild California condors in the Columbia River drainage\, with particular attention to late 19th and early 20th century birds in the Interior. He will also discuss the prospects for future release of captive birds intended to re-establish the condor’s\npresence in our region. \nMr. Nisbet has written several books about the human and natural history of the Intermountain West as well as award-winning biographies of fur agent David Thompson and naturalist David Douglas. He is also a life-long bird enthusiast. \nCheck the Monthly Meetings page for details on joining the presentation using GoToMeeting. URL:https://wos.org/event/jack-nisbet-on-the-last-wild-condors-in-the-pnw/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210602T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210602T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012126Z CREATED:20260813T012126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012126Z UID:4647-1622592000-1622592000@wos.org SUMMARY:Puget Sound Bird Fest DESCRIPTION:Celebrated Local Author and Naturalist to Kick off Puget Sound Bird Fest17th annual Keynote presentation offers a rare look at a rare bird \n(Edmonds – WA) Award-winning author Maria Mudd Ruth has been selected as the 2021 Keynote presenter for\nthe 17 th annual Puget Sound Bird Fest taking place September 11-12\, 2021. Maria will kick off the festivities on\nSaturday morning at 10:00am with her presentation ‘The Not-so Awkward Auks’. Other presentations and\nactivities will follow throughout the weekend. \nThe Salish Sea is home to a fascinating family of diving seabirds known as auks\, or alcids. Though often\ndescribed as “awkward” or “clumsy” in field guides\, these web-footed birds are amazingly well adapted to life in\nthe air\, on land\, and especially at sea. Maria will talk about two of her favorite auks—the shy\, cryptic\, secretive\,\ntree-nesting Marbled Murrelet and its clownish\, extroverted\, burrow-nesting cousin\, the Pigeon Guillemot. \n“Auks are an exciting family of birds and there are a surprising number of them\, including puffins\, that can be\nfound in the Salish Sea” said Jennifer Leach\, coordinator of the annual event. \nMaria is the author of more than a dozen books on natural history topics for children and adults\, including Rare\nBird: Pursuing the Mystery of the Marbled Murrelet\, a narrative natural history of an endearing and endangered\nseabird. Her most recent book of non-fiction\, A Sideways Look at Cloud\, was awarded the Nautilus Silver Medal\nin 2017. \nOther weekend activities include presentations throughout the day on Saturday\, and traditional favorites such\nas the Kid’s Corner and the People’s Choice Photography Contest – be sure to vote for your favorite! Guided\ntours of local birding hotspots will be offered throughout the weekend by the Pilchuck Audubon Society\, which\nalso plans to host a native plant sale. \nThe Bird Fest Planning Committee is hard at work planning the 2021 event and will continue to update the Bird\nFest website as the festival schedule develops. Please note that due to uncertainties associated with the COVID-\n19 pandemic\, indoor activities such as presentations and workshops may be delivered online\, while field\nactivities will be offered in person with limited group sizes. \nAuks of Puget Sound is the theme of this year’s Poster Art Contest\, and artists are reminded to submit entries of\noriginal artwork through June 25. \nFor the latest information\, please visit http://www.pugetsoundbirdfest.com/ or email\nJennifer.leach@edmondswa.gov. Be sure to also follow us on Facebook. URL:https://wos.org/event/puget-sound-bird-fest/ CATEGORIES:Other Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210528T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012126Z CREATED:20260813T012126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012126Z UID:4646-1622160000-1622160000@wos.org SUMMARY:POSTPONED: South end of Lake Coeur d'Alene\, Benewah County\, Idaho DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED: South end of Lake Coeur d’Alene\, Benewah County\, IdahoTrip Leader: Charles Swift\nMeet: 7:00 AM\, Heyburn State Park Headquarters east of Plummer\, Idaho \nNOTE: This trip has been postponed\, likely until September. Contact Charles Swift at chaetura@gmail.com or 208-301-8173 if you are interested. \nWe will cover Heyburn State Park from Chatcolet to Benewah Lake\, continuing east to St. Maries and time permitting north to Harrison. From Harrison participants can complete the loop around Lake Coeur d’Alene and return west via I-90 or backtrack the way we came. \nHabitats covered include mixed conifer and riparian forest\, marsh\, and open water for a wide variety of regional resident and breeding species. We should expect to find close 100 species including some north Idaho specialities such as breeding Red-necked Grebes\, Northern Waterthrush\, American Redstart\, and with a good chance for Least Flycatcher\, and possibly breeding Black Terms if we get up to Harrison. \nFor questions contact the trip leader Charles Swift at chaetura@gmail.com or 208-301-8173. Lodging and camping options are available in the area. Trip limited to ~12 participants following WOS guidlines\, car pooling encouraged. \nWOS Guidelines: \nUntil further notice\, these mandatory COVID guidelines for COVID-safe field trips will be in place:\n— Stay home​ if you or a member in your household have any symptoms\, or if you have been in contact with anyone with these symptoms:\n• Fever or chills\n• Cough\n• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing\n• Fatigue\n• Muscle or body aches\n• Headache\n• New loss of taste or smell\n• Sore throat\n• Congestion or runny nose\n• Nausea or vomiting\n• Diarrhea\n— Drive on your own\, or with members of your household. At your own risk and discretion\, you may drive with others if all are vaccinated\, face masks are worn\, and it’s mutually agreed by the riders.\n— Wear a face covering at all times.\n— Remain at least 6 feet apart at all times.\n— Bring your own scope and avoid sharing. If sharing\, sanitize eye piece and maintain social distancing. URL:https://wos.org/event/postponed-south-end-of-lake-coeur-dalene-benewah-county-idaho/ CATEGORIES:Field Trips END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR