From Our Blog:
  • Cowlitz County Bird List - 2026 January Update
    Cowlitz County Bird List - 2026 January Update
    Yellow-headed Blackbird Scoter - Image courtesy of wikimedia

    By Russ Koppendrayer

    While we didn't find any super rarities in the first month of 2026, we did come across some very interesting birds. A White-winged Scoter at the Woodland Bottoms and a couple Yellow-headed Blackbirds on the Kalama...

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  • WHAS Annual Meeting, Banquet and Program Invitation
    WHAS Annual Meeting, Banquet and Program Invitation

    It’s nearly time once again for Willapa Hills Audubon’s annual meeting and banquet on Friday, March 27, 2026 at the Catlin Senior Center, in Kelso at 106 Eighth avenue (East of JoAnn’s fabric store and north of Ocean Beach Hwy).

    Our annual board meeting will begin at 4:30 and is open to all WHAS...

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  • Cowlitz County Bird List - 2025 Final Update
    Cowlitz County Bird List - 2025 Final Update
    Black Scoter - Image courtesy of Terry Anderson

    By Russ Koppendrayer

    We had a productive last three months of 2025. In addition to picking up a few of our missing annual species, we managed to locate White-winged Scoter, Eared Grebe and Swamp Sparrow, all of which are less than annual in Cowlitz...

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Our next Events

Feb 13;
Fort to Sea Trail Bird Walk
Feb 20;
Old Fort Stevens Bird Walk
Feb 20;
Living on the Edge: How Shorebirds Are Adapted to Shoreline, Estuary and River
Feb 27;
Trestle Bay Birding
Mar 20;
WHAS Board Election
Mar 27;
Board Meeting
Willapa Hills Audubon has set up an email list to facilitate occasional communications with member and supporter to announce or send reminders about programs, field trips and mission-related actions.
  • Winter 2025 Whistler is available
    Winter 2025 Whistler is available

    The Winter 2025 Whistler is available now.

    Read more of its content: 

    • Flocking Together - Presidents Message
    • WHAS 50th Anniversary Celebration
    • 2025 Christmas Bird Counts Info
    • Membership Form
    • NW Birding Events
    • Cool Adaptations of Pacific Northwest Winter Ducks
    • Breeding Bird Survey
    • Conservation
      • ...
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  • Cowlitz County Bird List - 2025 September Update
    Cowlitz County Bird List - 2025 September Update
    Breeding Parasitic jaeger (light morph) - Image courtesy of Andreas Trepte/Wikimedia

    By Russ Koppendrayer

    Attached is the Cowlitz Year List updated through the end of September. This report is my first ever to include three months. We experienced a fairly slow July and August when we added four...

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  • Fall 2025 Whistler is available
    Fall 2025 Whistler is available

    The Fall 2025 Whistler is available now.

    Read more of its content: 

    • Happy Birthday! WHAS celebrates 50th years
    • Membership Form
    • NW Birding Events
    • Photo Impression from Recent WHAS Events
    • Wilson’s Warbler: Charismatic Flirt
    • Vaux's Swifts Viewing in Rainier, Ore
    • WHAS History is a Legacy of Civic
      • ...
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