Christmas Bird Counts Overview 2011
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The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is citizen-science at its best. You can help with this effort, whether you have ever gone bird watching or not. You will have the opportunity to meet new people with interests in birds, or spend time with friends from previous years. Observant eyes are needed for that day: the more the better. You can point out where you see birds and experts in your group can do the identifying; if you do know some of the birds in your area, so much the better. This is your chance to help collect the information which will direct decisions in the future, decisions which will affect how much natural beauty, including birds, remains for future generations.
Bring your binoculars if you have some, boots, warm clothes and a lunch, and join us for a day outside, looking closely at some of Nature's most interesting creatures, sharing the day with people who have similar interests.
Bald Eagle Recovery
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More bald eagles spend the winter in Oregon than anywhere in the U.S. outside Alaska. Yet the lower Columbia River is one area in Oregon where eagles have trouble successfully hatching eggs.
Watch a recent Bald Eagle episode of OPB's Oregon Field Guide.
Duckling sightings at Lake Sacajawea
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It is unusual for ducks to have ducklings this time of year as well as for them to survive the raccoons which inhabit the lake area. There are perhaps a dozen eggs and 4 or 5 hatchlings as of October 12th. As of October 26th, three ducklings were still observed with their mother, who appears to be a feral domesticated duck.
Urban Bird Adaptations
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Check out this Science News Article "When Birds Go To Town" for insights into how birds adapt to or are impacted by noisy environments, how trash filled diets impact birds reproductive success and what kind of reception the crows in Seattle may give you if you walk around in a caveman mask.
Rainier's Vaux's Swifts fall update
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Upon learning that 3,000 Vaux's Swifts were observed at Chapman School in Portland the other night, Darrel Whipple decided to check out Carpet One in Rainier. Result was Carpet One - 0, Rainier's Old Hall (Big Green) - 82. The migrating swifts are dropping into the tallest chimney in Big Green (the northwest corner, behind City Hall). Some were observed there during the northward migration in May,
September / October 2011 Whistler is Online
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The September / October 2011 Whistler
is available now.
Read more of its content:
- WHAS Summer Picnic;
- Update on Backyard Bird Calendar;
- WHAS Movie Series;
- Member Form;
- Bird Quiz;
- WHAS Kids Day Story;
- Sapsuckers – Persistent birds drill into, but usually do not harm trees;
- Introducing WHAS volunteers;
- Fall ACOW;
- WHAS Programs and Field Trips;
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.