MONITORING BIRDS IN THEIR NATIVE HABITATS: FROM OLYMPIA TO BORNEO
ALISON STYRING, PhD THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2026 Social time at 6:30 pm, Program at 7 pm Or register to view via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WCZ4hTTkRQGgTJ9RsiLGGA Experience a far-ranging talk this month with […]
Give a Loving Gift to be Proud Of!
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, why not give your loved one something with purpose and passion? A gift membership to South Sound Bird Alliance to someone you love […]
iNaturalist Spring BioBlitz
By Jacob Barringer What’s the best way to celebrate Spring? With a BioBlitz of course. For those of you who don’t know, a BioBlitz is an attempt to catalogue as […]
Scott Mills Obituary
With considerable sadness, we pass along the news that Scott Mills passed away recently. Scott was well known to many in South Sound Bird Alliance for his numerous and […]
LOOKING FOR FUN-LOVING MEMBERS!!
South Sound Bird Alliance is expanding our activity level in Mason County. The Mason County Forest Festival 2026 is happening May 28th – May 31st (the above poster is […]
Whispers in the Wetlands: Tracking Elusive Marsh Birds with Puget Sound Bird Observatory
What’s hiding in the cattails? The Puget Sound Bird Observatory (PSBO) invites you to step into the quiet mystery of our marshes and help monitor elusive wading bird species. INFORMATIONAL, […]
LOOKING FOR CATIOS (AND PHOTOGRAPHS)
South Sound Bird Alliance is starting a Cats Indoors campaign and a big part of that will be to showcase catios. A catio is an outdoor enclosure designed for cats, […]
OUR NEW CONSERVATION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Betsy Norton by Kyle Krakow & Charlotte Persons by Bruce Jacobs As was explained in the January Echo, Sam Merrill has stepped down from chairing our incredibly active Conservation Committee […]
The Great Backyard Bird Count
Every February, for four days, the world comes together to celebrate birds, and to help scientists better understand global bird populations before their annual migration. It’s that time again, time […]
Armchair Birding: Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle, by Thor Hanson
~ Anne Kilgannon, with Thanks to whomever offered this book for the taking at our monthly Chapter meeting. Settle in for an exhaustive—but not exhausting—wide ranging, deep diving quest to […]