2009 Christmas Bird Count Results from Leadbetter Point
Bird Counts
Last Updated on Saturday, 23 January 2010 18:07
For the Leadbetter Point Christmas Bird Count (CBC), on December 19, 2009, we noted 91 species, including one species new and another species with the highest number during our 35+ years of doing the Count.
Number of individuals: 29,508. Temps: low 38F, high 54F. Winds: 0 to 10 mph. Cloud cover 90% to 100%, light rain or mist at nearly all times, 95% of day, 0.5 inches total. Low fog hampered views of water birds, and shortened visibility significantly. At least the wind wasn't blowing! Many very low counts or groups of species missing which are noted nearly every year: scoters, loons, grebes, cormorants, finches.
Our number of participants, 37, was the highest ever for our count. Our CBC circle
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2009 Christmas Bird Count Results from Wahkiakum County
Bird Counts
Last Updated on Saturday, 23 January 2010 18:07
On December 29, 2009, 21 volunteers participated in the twelfth annual Wahkiakum Christmas Bird Count.
Though the temperature rose into the low 40's from the morning's freezing temperatures, a cold east wind blowing over 20 mph in many parts of the circle made it hard to find birds. Some afternoon rain and snow didn't help either.
The count of 104 species is three below our average. Two species were new to the Wahkiakum CBC. Eurasian Collared-Doves are now well- established on Puget Island, where 10 were found on count day. An Empidonax sp. flycatcher was found near the east end of East Birnie Slough Road, Puget Island. I attempted to relocate it, but did not succeed.
Other uncommon finds for our circle included an Eared Grebe,
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Christmas Bird Count discussed on NPR's Science Friday
Bird Counts
Last Updated on Saturday, 02 January 2010 20:07
Listen to an interview with the Christmas Bird Count and Feeder Watch coordinators on NPR's Science Friday from 2009 here and from 2008 here and continuing here with a discussion of the benefits of shade grown coffee. The 2009 interview in particular talks about the northward movement of birds as documented by the counts.
January - February 2010 Whistler is online
News
Last Updated on Friday, 14 May 2010 09:28
The January - February 2010 Whistler is available now.
Some of its content:
- Amphibian Survey and Program
- Presidents Message
- Member Form and WHAS News
- Birding Bits; Poem: Wounded Bird…
- How to Save Energy – a Conversation with B. Fisher
- Nelson Creek / Recent Fieldtrip report
- Lake Sacajawea Signs are up / Local Events
- Book Review, Officer Nomination Form
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips
Deery Memorial Signage
News
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 December 2009 19:58
The Avian Interpretive Sign project is now complete. The signs were installed at Lake Sacajawea Park in Longview on 12/7/09 and are already being recognized as a beautiful enhancement to the park.
New 'Palouse to Pines' Birding Trail Map
News
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2009 14:02
State Sen. Lisa Brown and Audubon Washington cordially invite you to the unveiling of the newest map of the Great Washington State Birding Trail, the Palouse to Pines Loop, and featuring LIVE BIRDS like those seen on this route:
- a Great Horned Owl and a
- Red-tailed Hawk.
Time and Location:
Jan. 26, 2010 -- 12:45-1:00p.m
Rooms ABC Cherberg Building
State Capitol Campus, Olympia, WA
Please join us in the presentation of the latest area of the state to offer the Birding Trail’s successful combination of outdoor recreation, conservation and rural economic development.
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Environmental Lobby Day 2010
Other Issues
Last Updated on Friday, 11 December 2009 12:55
Join the state’s leading conservation groups and hundreds of citizen lobbyists to push for the passage of the Environmental Priorities Coalition’s 2010 legislative priorities.
1. The Working for Clean Water bill is about creating jobs, rebuilding our local economies, and cleaning up polluted waterways like Puget Sound and Spokane River.
2. Safe Baby Bottles to protect children’s health and the environment by phasing out the harmful chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from baby bottles, food and beverage cans, and other consumer products.
3. Budget for our Environment to ensure adequate funding for the core environmental protections that make Washington State a healthy place to live.
During Environmental Lobby Day you will hear from legislators that are championing the Environmental Priorities legislation, receive a training on how to lobby from top environmental lobbyists, and meet face-to-face with your elected officials. And don’t forget the party in the evening!
When: Tuesday January 26th, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Where: United Churches of Olympia, 110th East 11th Ave
Additionally: Unveiling of the
WHAS received the GOLDEN LOPPER AWARD
Nelson Creek
Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 21:24
On October 27, 2009, the Columbia Land Trust honored their volunteers with a Volunteer Appreciation Dinner at their headquarters in Vancouver. Russ and Ann Kastberg, co-chairs of the Nelson Creek Restoration committee, attended, representing the chapter.
Book Review: Mind of the Raven
Book Review
Last Updated on Monday, 02 November 2009 21:37
By Carolyn Norred
Hiking Portland’s Forest Park Wildwood Trail w
ith a couple of friends recently, we stopped off at the Portland Audubon center. There we met Aristophanes, an eighteen-month-old raven who had been raised in captivity and now lived under the care of the Audubon volunteers. Big, beautiful, and bold, he sat on his keeper’s gloved arm and pulled at the folds of her sleeve as we talked. Each time he lightly tugged at her shirtsleeve, she used her bare finger to tap the underside of his most impressive beak, and he would quit for a moment, and then begin again. She explained that he knew he wasn’t supposed to be doing what he was doing, but he wanted her full attention.
I had just finished enjoying Bernd Heinrich’s Mind of the Raven, (Harper, 1999) and I couldn’t help notice how delicate and vulnerable that bare finger looked beside the powerful beak. Heinrich lists some of the uses of the raven’s bill: offense, defense, shoveling, picking, cutting, gripping, ripping, prying, crushing, holding, caressing, combing, and breaking limbs.…
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