Summer 2015 Whistler is online
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The Summer 2015 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Invitation to the Annual Picnic for Members and Friends on Sunday July 26
- Become the Leader for the Leadbetter Christmas Bird Count
- Membership Form
- Lake Sacajawea - Family Friendly in a BIG way
- Book Review: The Thing with Feathers
- Black Phoebe's at Julia Butler-Hanson Refuge
- Program and Field Trips
April 2015 Cowlitz County Bird List
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In April many of the neotropical migrants were making their return earlier than normal by as much as two weeks. This was most likely due to the lack of any weather systems that would ground the birds on their trip between here and their wintering areas. The most unusual appearance was made by a Sage Thrasher which apparently took a wrong turn on it's way to the shrub-steppe habitats of eastern Washington. The bird put in a one day showing at the Longview Mint Farm where it was seen by at least seven birders. This species seems to be found in one or two western Washington locales each spring, but this was the first ever record for Cowlitz County.
Download the pdf file here.
An Egrets Frustration
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This Egret caught this bull frog several times, but it was too big, and eventually it walked away from it.
Black Phoebe’s at Julia Butler-Hansen Refuge
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By Jon Heale
Historically an occasional visitor, the Black Phoebe was a rare sight at the Julia Butler-Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-tailed Deer; there had been a few sightings each year, but no known nests.
In 2014 refuge staff noticed a pair frequenting the covered corner of a tide gate and decided to check it out…a nest! Staff thought there had been a successful first brood, as two to three more Phoebe’s were hanging around throughout late spring-early summer. However, a second clutch of eggs was apparently unsuccessful as they remain in the unattended nest throughout summer.
As I write this (March 13), the Phoebe’s are in the process of building a new nest in the opposite corner of the tide gate. The pair is hard at work gathering blades of grass, stems, and mud. Make a stop into the refuge office and check them out!
They can often be spotted from the Headquarters observation deck, near the tide gate under Steamboat Slough Road.
Proposed Propane Development Faces a Setback In Longview
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This morning, 3/10/15, the Port Commissioners of Longview voted to not renew the lease to Havens Energy to build a propane export facility at Berth 4 in Longview. We applaud their decision and we know it was not an easy choice for them to make. The process for the final vote has been in the works for months with meetings and testimony from industry and the community. In fact, the commissioners listened to testimony from both sides this morning at their meeting. The resulting vote was a victory for all the hard work and efforts of the members of ILWU Local 21, LCSC, CRK, and WHAS members. It is very monumental when labor and everyday citizens can raise concerns regarding safety, economic, environmental, transportation, & siting problems with a project and when our elected officials listen to them seriously.
Spring 2015 Whistler is online
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The Spring 2015 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Annual Membership Dinner and Meeting coming March 29
- Larry Schwitters to speak on Vaux’s Swift Migration
- A Message to Our National Members
- Membership Form
- Birding related events
- 2014 CBC Recap
- Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey
- WHAS Bird Box Workshop w. LCSG
- Bald Eagles nest by Lewis & Clark Bridge
- EarthDay Volunteers
- New Ideas on Bird Phylogeny
- Primal Warblings
- A Week in Browns Canyon
- Field Trips and Programs
2014 Cowlitz County bird count recap:
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Here is Russ Koppendrayer's take on 2014:
We finished the last couple months of the 2014 Cowlitz County Bird Count with some nice finds.
The county's first ever Acorn Woodpecker visited a Longview feeder for three days in late November.
Also the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website had a photo of Snow Bunting taken in December on their Mount Saint Helen's Wildlife Area. Not a source I've ever checked, but I was alerted to it by a friend in Spokane.
This was our eighth year of this project and the averages are beginning to be meaningful. The 197 species in the county this year is above our 191 average but short of the 2011 record of 203.
Wildlife Sightings
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Lake Sacajawea has many of the over-wintering waterfowl now. A Eurasion Wigeon was spotted on 12/2/14 and other waterfowl seen have been Wood Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Ring-necked, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead and even Hooded Merganser. We also have seen many Double-crested Cormorants as well as Pied-billed Grebes. On 12/01/14 a Bald Eagle swooped down and made off with a Gull(did not catch the species) for breakfast.
All this can be seen in our back yard here in Longview just get out, walk the lake and observe. You may even catch a glimpse of one of our resident River Otters.
Winter 2014 Whistler is online
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The Fall 2014 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Annual Lake Sacajawea Bird Walk and Social
- Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys
- Membership Form,
- In Memory of Bill Lammi
- CBC information
- Rail and Marine Oil Transportation Hearing
- Online Bird Resources
- "To Do" list from your backyard wildlife family
- 10years no-LNG Anniversary
- Field trips and programs
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Fall 2014 Whistler is online
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The Fall 2014 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Rare Sighting of a Brown Thrasher in Pacific County
- Vaux's Swift watching in Rainier,
- The Whistler goes quarterly
- Membership Form,
- WHAS contact information
- Oregon denies permit for coal terminal
- 2014 CBC dates
- Proposed Killing of 25% of Double-Crested Cormorant
- Summer Picnic Impressions
- Birding and Leisure in Southern Arizona
- Bird Watching Australia
- Loving Hummingbirds to Death
- WHAS Fieldtrips and Programs
- WHAS opposes Fossil Fuel Export Facilities
- July - August 2014 Whistler is online
- Osprey nest near Woodland
- First Ever Black-throated Sparrow seen in Woodland
- 2014 Cowlitz County Bird List (January Update)
- May - June 2014 Whistler is online
- WHAS recent Field Trip featured in The Daily News
- 2014 Cowlitz Columbia CBC Recap
- January - February 2014 Whistler is online
- 2014 Leadbetter Point Count Recap