Spread the Word: We’re Offering a Free New Service
If you haven’t seen the new notice near the bottom of our web page, we want to let you know that Black Hills Audubon is offering a free new service. […]
Birds and Brew Goes Virtual
Join Craig and Vickie Merkel for a zoom gathering of bird lovers to discuss all things avian. Grab a beverage, plop into your favorite chair, and log onto our second […]
Crafts, Coffee & Cookies! Book Swap! For the Birds!
October 10th – 10-Noon LBA Park Picnic Shelter, Morse Merryman Road Come, eat cookies, breakfast bars and brownies, drink coffee and tea while you peruse the wonderful crafts the BHAS […]
REVIEW OF SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING
The Board of Directors for BHAS met via Zoom on September 3rd. A new outreach program for beginning birders was approved. There has been an increase in birding since the […]
Bird of the Winter Season 2020: Western Grebe – Aechmophorus occidentalis
By Sharon Moore Order: PodicipediformesFamily: Podicipedidae This lovely water bird is an elegant presence riding high on the surface, giving the impression that it’s always on “high alert.” Its red […]
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OCTOBER 2020
All chapter work is done by volunteers for whom we are very grateful. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, our volunteer opportunities will be limited for some time. The following are […]
A Chat with Dorianne Seel
By Paul Moody and Joe Zabransky In the spring of 2017 Black Hills Audubon was approached by Jennifer Seel and her daughter Dorianne about the idea of establishing a youth […]
A BIRD TALE TO DELIGHT
By Christina Price, new BHAS member I want to share a story with the members of the Black Hills Audubon Society. From 1976 through 1978 I worked at local radio […]
Kim Adelson – The Birds That Lived With Other Dinosaurs (Part 2 of The Dinosaurs Among Us)
October 8th, 2020 This talk is a continuation of one that I gave at a BHAS chapter meeting a few years ago. (No worries if you didn’t see the last […]
Bottle Beach State Park
Known as a top shorebird viewing spot, Bottle Beach offers even more. The beach offers an ever-changing mix of birds refueling, resting, etc. Sometimes there are more shorebirds on the beach than one can count, or as with a recent visit, very few.