August Field Trip
For those of you who are vaccinated, there will be a BHAS field trip on Tuesday, August 17, to Bottle Beach, Westport and the Ocean Shores area.
Birding Without Breakfast
Birding and Breakfast is back … but without the Breakfast, at least for now. Especially appropriate for beginning and intermediate birders…
Mount Rainier White-Tailed Ptarmigan
On June 16, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service applied to list the Mount Rainier White-Tailed Ptarmigan as a threatened species.
SUCCESSFUL OWLET OPERATION!
In February 2021, we reported that BHAS had installed a Barn Owl nest box (constructed by Dennis Plank) at the site of a barn demolition in Mima Mounds Preserve.
BHAS Field Trips Began Again
Our first BHAS-sponsored field trip in over a year, held on Saturday, June 26, found about 15 folks eager to tour the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge.
ACOW
WHAT? ACOW AGAIN? Yes, this is another article about ACOW. Not a bovine, but Audubon Council of Washington, the annual conference of Audubon chapters in Washington State.
Reminders August 2021
Our next Birds and Brew gathering will be Monday, August 16th at Boston Harbor Marina at 312 73rd Ave NE, Olympia.
BHAS Memories of Patrick Dunn, Prairie Conservationist
Pat Vance Dunn passed away in July 2020 at age 61. Celebrations of his life occurred this past July at Glacier Heritage Preserve and Wolf Haven’s Patrick Vance Dunn Memorial Prairie.
Volunteer Opportunities, August 2021
All chapter work is done by volunteers for whom we are very grateful…
COVID-Year Road Trip: Birding the Great Salt Lake
Heading north towards home from southeastern Arizona on a Covid-year birding road trip in May 2021, we spent a few days in Utah exploring three Great Salt Lake birdy sites.