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: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: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: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: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:20221122T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221122T000000 DTSTAMP:20260813T012203Z CREATED:20260813T012203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T012203Z UID:4677-1669075200-1669075200@wos.org SUMMARY:Kim Adelson on The Origins of Modern Bird Orders DESCRIPTION:Kim Adelson\, Emerita Professor of Psychology with a passion for paleontology\, will present\, The Origins of Modern Bird Orders. Kim has had a passionate interest in paleontology since childhood and holds a Master’s Degree in Evolutionary Biology. She has given two previous presentations to WOS – “The Dinosaurs Amongst Us” and “The Birds Who Lived with (Other) Dinosaurs”\, available at WOS’ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC657f_RhriAUIwS_P1m5_nQ. URL:https://wos.org/event/kim-adelson-on-the-origins-of-modern-bird-orders/ CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR