National Coverage of Proposed Coal Terminal in Longview
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It's not too often that our little corner of the world makes the national presses, but over the past months friends and families have alerted us to Longview popping up in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times or other far away papers because of the proposed coal terminal. The most recent Natural Resources Defense Council magazine, On Earth, has a long article about coal with considerable text dedicated to the proposed terminal in Longview. The Sierra Club magazine, Sierra, included an article on the Longview proposal earlier in the spring.
Check out our bird lists
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Do you know about our bird lists?
You will find different bird lists in the "Wildlife Watching & Sightings" section. Russ Koppendrayer just updated the Cowlitz County bird list adding this: "We have surpassed our best year ever with 4 months to go, and the question now is weather we can break the 200 barrier".
The list provides you with information about this year's bird sightings by date and location.
July / August 2011 Whistler is Online
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The July / August 2011 Whistler
is available now.
Read more of its content:
- WHAS Bird-A-Thon Information;
- Whistler Subscription Change for National Members;
- Member Form, WHAS News;
- Birding Steigerwald NWR;
- Wildlife Sightings; Tid Bits;
- Book Review: Sandhill and Whooping Cranes;
- Making your Windows safe for Birds;
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Read about WHAS members in the Daily News
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Recently WHAS members Russ and Ann Kastberg as well as John and Margaret Green were featured in an Article in the Daily News. The article shows how one can create a large or small garden to suit different animals. To read more check the Daily News article.
May / June 2011 Whistler is Online
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The May / June 2011 Whistler
is available now.
Read more of its content:
- WHAS Bird-A-Thon Invitation;
- Leadership Change;
- Thank ou to our past president;
- Member Form, WHAS News;
- A Fathers Day Message;
- Backyard Birding Update;
- Primal Warbling Column;
- Event Updates;
- Bird-A-Thon form;
- Alert email list;
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Call for bird photos
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The WHAS Backyard Bird Calendar committee is looking for good quality photos for our 2012 Backyard Bird Calendar. Last year was our first attempt at a fundraising calendar. This year we want to print more and sell them at larger venues. If you are a bird photographer or know a bird photographer we are looking for photos of birds to include either in the larger photo that will go above each month or smaller photos that we’ll include in the calendar portion.
Please contact
Bird spring migration maps
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Thanks to one of our members, who sent in an email with the link, here is a great source to learn more about spring migration for up to 31 different bird species. From the eNature website: "For each species shown below, we have created spring migration maps that show the winter range, the migratory path, and the dates when you might expect to see the first arrivals in your area." (Thanks John for the link.)
Click here to see the maps.
March / April 2011 Whistler is Online
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The March / April 2011 Whistler
is available now.
Read more of its content:
- Invitation to the Annual Member Meeting with Program: “Landscaping for Wildlife” by Ann Kastberg
- Program "Remote Arctic Wilderness Wildlife” by Russian Biologist Vasily Baranyuk
- Member Form, WHAS News;
- Bird Quiz;
- Nelson Creek Update; Bald Eagle Survey;
- Amphibian Surveys;
- Earth Day Volunteers needed;
- WHAS Bylaws change;
- Backyard Birding; Program Impressions;
- CBC Results for Cowlitz Columbia and Wahkiakum county circles;
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
Backyard Bird Lists
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We are presenting three bird lists (pdf file) from the yards/backyards of WHAS members. We would welcome additional lists from others. These will be of general interest and will also help those who are new to birding or new to this area have an idea of what they might expect to see in their own yards.
While our website does have bird lists for Cowlitz County, Wahkiakum County, and Lake Sacajawea, birds from individual yards will be much more restricted. This three lists represent two residential yards in Longview neighborhoods and one fairly rural yard in Rose Valley. But we have a wide variety of “yard” habitats in Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties that will result in different assemblages of birds. As we get more lists, there will be more kinds of environments represented.
If you have a bird list for your yard and would like to add it to this website, please contact
An Unusual Avian Visitor
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A long-tailed duck (previously called old squaw) was first sighted at Lake Sacajawea in Longview by Russ Koppendrayer on January 21, 2011. It is still being seen as of 2/2/2011 hanging around the Washington Way bridge and Lion's Island. The male bird is in non-breeding plumage. If it stays long, we may see it molt towards breeding plumage and develop its characteristic long tail. This sea duck is more commonly found in pelagic waters and often seen in Puget Sound in winter.
- Wahkiakum CBC Results
- Insight into how to develop a Bird Map
- 2010 Amphibian Egg Mass Surveys
- Cowlitz Columbia CBC Results
- January / February 2011 Whistler is online
- Leadbetter CBC Results
- 2011 Backyard Bird Calendar for Sale
- Great Lewis's Woodpecker and Peregine Falcon videos
- High rate of beak abnormalities in NorthWest Birds
- Tough truths about plastic pollution