2025 Olympia CBC Results
2025 Olympia CBC Results Bill Shelmerdine WAOL Compiler The 2025 Olympia Christmas Bird Count was held Sunday, December 14th. There were 103 volunteer counters in 16 teams (working assigned count […]
Annual Dinner
Springtime is coming and so is our Annual Dinner! On March 7th, we once again will gather to celebrate all our accomplishments, our members and the continued work we do […]
SSBA Establishes Education Fund in Memory of Scott Mills
The SSBA Board recently approved the establishment of a special fund to be used to support future SSBA education activities. The fund is created in memory of Scott Mills, who was […]
Volunteer at the Grays Harbor and Nature Festival!
Each spring, hundreds of thousands of shorebirds migrate along the Washington Coast, feeding and resting along the way. This year, the 30th Annual Grays Harbor Shorebird and Nature Festival celebrates this […]
Washington State Purple Martin Census, 2026
Purple Martins have long been a special interest of many birders in western Washington. Olympia’s own Jack Davis was a prominent martin advocate, frequently featured in the newspaper and often […]
Deschutes Estuary Open House
SITE TOUR OPEN HOUSE — March 2026 Join us on March 7, 2026, for a tour of the site—rain or shine. The Project Team will share details about the existing […]
IT’S BLUEBIRD TIME!
Kathleen Snyder As I look outside at the mini-snow storm we are having in February, I can’t help but think about April and our coming nest box season. I can’t […]
Armchair Birding: Flight Paths, by Rebecca Heisman
~ Anne Kilgannon The dawn chorus is just beginning out there in my garden and there seems to be a lot of activity checking out possible nest sites and squabbling […]
Nominations Requested for the 2026 Dave McNett Environmental Educator of the Year Award
SSBA is proud to continue recognizing environmental education efforts by area residents who are making a positive difference for birds through their teaching, and so we are soliciting nominations for […]
International Shorebird Survey
Scientists studying the health of various shorebird species need a broad understanding of their migration patterns and the wetlands they depend on. To provide scientists with this data, in 1974 […]