Wildlife Sightings

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Last Updated: December 03, 2014

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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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

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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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

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

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Last Updated: July 09, 2014

A Resolution to Oppose Fossil Fuel Export Facilities
In Washington and Oregon

Willapa Hills Audubon Society
Passed by Vote of the Board of Directors, June 11, 2014

 
Whereas: Fossil Fuel Export facilities are proposed at many NW locations including Whatcom County, Grays Harbor County, Coos Bay, at several locations along the Columbia River, and new proposals appear with increasing frequency; and,

Whereas: The increased burning of fossil fuels will lead to increased levels of greenhouse gas in the global environment, pollution, and dangerous climate change; and,

Whereas: The extraction of most newly exportable fossil fuels is most often environmentally unsound, such as mountain-top removal in search of coal, strip coal mining, the fracking process in search of oil and gas, or of poor quality, such as the tar sands oil of Canada; and,

Whereas: The transport of fossil fuels, particularly by rail, is most often dangerous and/or dirty and disruptive, and requires large scale facilities in wetlands and next to ecologically sensitive waterways; and, Whereas: Conservation of United States' fossil fuel resources is a national security and energy independence issue, worthy of detailed debate; and,

Whereas: Conservation of energy in the US is becoming increasingly important; and,

Whereas: Willapa Hills Audubon already opposes several proposed LNG ports along the lower Columbia River, and the proposed coal export facility at Longview, and oil export at Clatskanie; now, then,

Be it Hereby Resolved: Willapa Hills Audubon opposes all export of fossil fuels from NW American ports, (with the possible exception of derivatives of natural gas, which will be determined on a case by case basis), and that this resolution will stand until changed or amended in future.

This resolution is available as a pdf here.

July - August 2014 Whistler is online

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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

The July / August 2014 Whistler is available now.

Read more of its content:

• Invitation to the WHAS Annual Picnic for Members and Friends
• Conservation Faces Many Challenges 
• Membership Form
• WHAS contact information
• Betty Mayfield 1930-2014
• Osprey Nest near Woodland
• Birding and Leisure in Southern Arizona
• Purple Martins are welcome at Indian Jack Slough
• Summer Birding on the Long Beach Peninsula
• Longview Reynold’s Aluminium Smelter Cleanup
• Loving Hummingbirds to Death
• WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

Osprey nest near Woodland

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Last Updated: June 04, 2014

• Osprey,
• Woodland

There is an active Osprey nest west of Woodland next to the Columbia River in a public access area. Robert VanNatta was able to park beside where he set up the camera outside the dike. He got quite a show that morning as an eagle came by just after these photos were taken, and the Osprey went after the eagle and chased it off.

First Ever Black-throated Sparrow seen in Woodland

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Last Updated: June 01, 2014

2014 Cowlitz County Bird List (January Update)

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Last Updated: February 15, 2014

Another year with a nice start, mostly due to a fine Christmas Bird Count on New Years Day. The headliner was the second ever record of Rusty Blackbird for Cowlitz County found on 52nd Ave in west Longview. A Sora found the same day on Washburn Road was very unusual for winter. Keep those reports coming.

You find our bird lists here.

May - June 2014 Whistler is online

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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

The May / JUne 2014 Whistler is available now.

Read more of its content:

• Indian Jack Slough Update
• New Board Officers Announced
• Membership Form,
• WHAS contact information
• Board Meeting Notes
• Washington Birding Trail ID’s Lake Sacajawea
• Update on Conservation Concerns
• Wood Duck Boxes installed
• Images from recent field trip to Woodland Bottoms
• Earth Day Booth a Big Success
• WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

WHAS recent Field Trip featured in The Daily News

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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

Willapa Hills Audubon's recent field trip to local birding locations at an industrial park, a sewage lagoon and a mothballed nuclear power plant was featured in Longview's The Daily News. The participants spotted 51st species that morning including a rare (for Longview) red-shouldered hawk at Willow Grove.