January - February 2013 Whistler is online
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The January / February 2013 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Winter Board Meeting Notes
- Outreach for new birders
- Membership Application Form
- Fieldtrip report, Fall Board Meeting report
- Christmas Bird Counts Recap
- Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys
- Backyard Birding: The Great Back Yard Bird Count
- Cat Enclosure in Local Backyard
- Book Review: Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Redhead Duck seen in Cowlitz County
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This Redhead Duck is a rare sighting for Cowlitz County -- only the 4th recorded.
Royce Craig captured the photo on his 3rd visit to the Kalama River area where the bird was found on the ponds along Tradewinds Road.
The bird was first seen on November 12.
November - December 2012 Whistler is online
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The November / December 2012 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Membership Application Form
- Amphibian Survey 2013
- Backyard Birding
- Local Christmas Bird Counts Overview
- White Pelican nest site bulldozed
- Upcoming Program: Feathered Architects - The Fascinating World of Bird Nests
- WHAS member reading lists
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Cowlitz County Bird List (August update)
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Russ Koppendrayer just updated the 2012 Cowlitz County Yearlist:
"We continue to chip away at the yearlist, making a few additions here and there. I just did a check and we only have one species available in the yellow code (Townsend's Solitaire) and none in the blue or green codes. This means that all further additions will be species that occur in Cowlitz County less than annually.
Still at 196 species we have a good shot at breaking last year's record of 203.
Let's get out there and find some unusual fall migrants."
For more information contact Russ Koppendrayer through our Wildlife Sightings area, where you can find this list (and others) as a pdf file.
September / October 2012 Whistler is Online
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The September / October 2012 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Changes for the Better
- Volunteering Works
- Membership Application Form
- Board Updates
- Backyard Birding Report
- Volunteers at Camp Learn-a-Lot
- WHAS mourn passing of Diane Clark
- Impressions from “For the Birds” at Redmen Hall in Skamokowa
- 3CBC New Years Day 2013
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
- Bird Photos by Royce Craig throughout
Cowlitz County Bird List (May update)
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The big excitement in May was the first ever record of Whimbrel in Cowlitz County. A small flock was found in the Woodland Bottoms on the 25th and grew to 33 birds a couple days later. There were still 9 present on the 31st.
We are now at 187 species which ties our second best year ever and we still have 7 months left, but besting last year's record may prove formidable as we have already found nearly all the annual species.
For more information contact Russ Koppendrayer through our Wildlife Sightings area.
Find this list (and others) as a pdf in our Wildlife Sightings area.
July / August 2012 Whistler is Online
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The July / August 2012 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Invitation to the WHAS Annual Summer Picnic
- The Wood Ducks of Lake Sacajawea...
and Other Feathered Friends - Membership Application Form
- Board Updates
- Conservation Issues
- Oregon LNG Update
- Backyard Birding Surprise
- MacGillivray’s Warbler Mound
- Kid’s Day Review
- Volunteer for Western Snowy Plover
- Exploratory Drilling at Mt. St. Helens
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
- Bird Photos by Royce Craig Throughout
May / June 2012 Whistler is Online
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The May / June 2012 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Impressions from the Annual WHAS Meeting and Banquet with Program: “Still Walking: Bigfoot in the Dark Divide and Beyond.”
- Bird Calendar 2013 Update
- Membership Application Form
- Birding Ecuador’s Andes
- Memory of Gerald Henry
- Lake Sacajawea Native Plant Update
- Backyard Birding Planting Tips
- 2012 Great Backyard Bird Ct Results
- Book Reviews:
- Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner
- Feathers: the Evolution of a Natural Miracle
- WHAS Programs
Red-shouldered Hawk seen at Willow Grove
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On Tuesday, February 21, a Red-shouldered Hawk was seen at the west end of the county park in Willow Grove, Longview.
Local birders have been seeing a Red-shouldered at this location through late fall, but no recent sightings had been reported. This may or may not be the same bird.
Still this is not a common local sighting.
Harbingers of Spring; Wood Ducks return to Lake Sacajawea
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On February 28, the first pair of Wood Ducks was seen on Lake Sacajawea in Longview.
We hope these ducks will nest in one of the duck boxes recently placed on the Lake. On February 12 and just in time for breeding season, Bob Arnsdorf and John Green put up new boxes and refurbished two old ones.
Three new were placed on the north island near Ocean Beach Hwy, and the 2 old boxes on that island were cleaned and repaired. On the south island, Bob and John placed 2 new boxes; they left the remaining old box which contained an enormous bee hive. There are now a total of seven duck boxes on the lake to accommodate the new Wood Duck families.
Wood Ducks are not the only signs of spring. Have you noticed the American Robins singing in the mornings? Spring is just around the corner.
- 2012 Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys Kick Off
- March / April 2012 Whistler is Online
- 30th Cowlitz Columbia CBC Results
- Leadbetter Point CBC Results
- 2014 Wahkiakum CBC Results
- January/February 2012 Whistler is Online
- Final 2011 Cowlitz County Bird List is now available
- WHAS Signs on Against Coal
- Snowy Owl in Ridgefield NWR
- Barred Owl seen in Longview