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This year Willapa Hills Audubon Society will take a different approach to its annual meeting. We will combine the first quarter 2017 board meeting with the annual meeting for WHAS members and a no host dinner for all members and invited guests.
The meeting and dinner will be held on Friday, March 17 from 6:30 PM until 8:30pm at Vernie's Pizza (360.578.9561) at 900 Triangle Shopping Center in Longview, WA. For those unfamiliar with the mall, Vernie's is located at the intersection of 10th street and Washington Way.
Since the dinner is no-host, members will be able to choose from Vernie's menu of pizzas, sandwiches and salads. Wine, beer, coffee, tea and soft drinks are available. Members will pay for their own meals.
There will not be a program scheduled with this meeting.
A side note: Friday, March 17 is St. Patrick's Day. While we have a reserved space to meet, the restaurant may be crowded and noisy. Parking may also be problematic.
Will you be wearing green to the event?
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Blue Grouse - Image by Alan Bauer
On November 15, Willapa Hills Audubon will host a program by well-known Washington photographer, naturalist and historian Alan Bauer. Alan is a professional photographer and a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest. Having grown up on a large family farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley he is now calling Washington State his home for the past 29 years.
The title of his program is "The Natural World Puts on a Show--Celebrating What's Right With the World!"
Alan Bauer's presentation starts at 7:00 pm in the Lower Columbia College Science Lecture Hall in Longview, WA. Admission is free and coffee and tea will be provided. For last-minute directions/changes due to weather etc check back here.
Celebrate what’s right with the world! Sometimes we just have to slow down or look more closely, but there is always something fascinating to appreciate right around us. Come spend an evening with professional photographer Alan L. Bauer as he shares an image intensive presentation sharing many of his personal celebrations. From hiking to birding to just standing still looking at what’s nearby, everywhere is something worth celebrating and making each day a better experience!
His work has been published in Backpacker, Odyssey, Northwest Runner, CityDog, Northwest Outdoors, Northwest Magazine, Oregon Coast, and Northwest Travel magazines to name a few. Alan is perhaps best known in the region for his photography and co-author work with publisher The Mountaineers Books as part of the new "Day Hiking" guidebook series. Waste Management, Columbia Basin Credit Union, University Volkswagen/Audi (Seattle) Seattle Children's Hospital, Bicycle Adventures, the City of Duvall (WA), and the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge represent some of the recent corporate sales of Alan's images.
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Come and relax and chat with other members and WHAS friends or you can bird watch, play horse shoes or crochet, or swim in the Brandt's indoor pool. Everyone is welcome!
Attendees are asked to bring one food item (salad, entree or dessert) to feed 4-6 people. Snacks and drinks are also welcome. Attendees will also need to bring personal eating items: plates, cups, napkins, forks, knives, spoons. WHAS will provide drinking water, iced sun tea, ice, coolers, tables, chairs, etc.
To get to the Brandt home:
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(confounding situations for both predator and prey!)
A talk by Dr. Louis LaPierre, Lower Columbia College Biology Instructor and Entomologist
Saturday, April 16, 7:00 pm at LCC Room HSB 101 (the cylindrical lecture hall)
Doors open at 6:00 pm
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Come join us for food, fun, and fellowship, and a timely and stimulating program. The annual membership dinner meeting and program for members, family, and friends will be held on Saturday, March 26th with dinner at 5:30 at the Women’s Club Building on Lake Sacagawea in Longview. The address is 835 21st Avenue, Longview, WA 98632. Doors open at 5:15.
This year will be a potluck. WHAS will supply coffee, tea and water.
Please bring a potluck dish to share that would feed 8 to 10: salad, dessert, casserole, bread, appetizer, or your own specialty. Let’s make it a green event and bring your own tableware too.
If you have questions, contact
At 7:00 keynote speaker Kevin Smeltzlen will present his program on the unique life history of the Marbled Murrelet and efforts to restore the birds in SW
Washington.
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Andrew Emlen will speak about bird species having special stories connected with the Columbia River. The program is co-sponsored by Willapa Hills Audubon Society and Friends of Skamokawa, is free and will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 27 at the River Life Interpretive Center (Redmen Hall) in Skamokawa.
Since starting the Wahkiakum Christmas Bird Count circle in 1998 sponsored by WHAS, Emlen has been the organizer and compiler for the count. He has conducted shorebird census for US Fish and Wildlife, helping to establish the Lower Columbia as a national Important Bird Area, and leads field trips for WHAS, Washington Ornithological Society, and the American Birding Association. He is currently co-owner and guide for Columbia River Kayaking.
Following Emlen’s program, Keith Hoofnagle, retired chief artist for the National Park Service, will read from his book “The Story of Linda Lookout.” The history of fire lookouts, originally published in 1965, was recently re-published.
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Saturday, December 12, 2015
Practice waterfowl identification with the abundance of ducks, grebes & herons hanging out at the lake. After walking a portion of the lake, we will congregate for backyard birds, socializing, hot drinks and snacks at the Greens. Join old friends and meet new ones at this fun event. Contact
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Hello all you bird enthusiasts.
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WHEN: Sunday, July 26, 1:00 PM
WHERE: The Brandt Family Home, - Cathlamet, WA 98612
Please join us for the annual summer picnic for a fun, fun, fun time. This casual get together is a great opportunity to be outdoors and chat with our Board, other members, meet their families, join old friends and make new ones over a potluck lunch. It is always a really wonderful time.
This year we will gather at Board member Larry Brandt’s lovely home on a beautiful property overlooking the Columbia River in Cathlamet. Contact
Each person or family should bring a dish (entree’, salad, dessert, appetizer or. . . your choice) to serve 6 to 8 and your own plates, utensils and any additional beverages. WHAS will provide napkins, cups, ice, and water. Bring a lawn chair if you can.
We will chat, eat, play, and enjoy the beautiful setting.
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Earth Day at the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds is scheduled for Saturday, April 18, 2015. Yes, it is fast approaching. In the past we have made bird feeders out of TP rolls, peanut butter, and bird seed. They are extremely popular with the kids and their families. If anyone has a different idea please come forward and let me know.
We need 2 people at the booth: one to help with the bird feeders (or whatever project we have for kids) and another one to talk with the adults and share information. There will be some handouts.
We need help to staff the booth most of the day. Please consider volunteering to work in the booth for one or two hours on Saturday. Just let me know what times (am or pm) and how much time you could donate to the day.
Contact Charlotte Persons by
- Larry Schwitters to speak on Vaux’s Swift Migration
- Annual Membership Dinner and Meeting
- Bird Box Tidy at Indian Jack Slough
- Sacajawea Bird Walk and Social
- Lower Columbia School Gardens - Successes, Challenges and Opportunities
- Annual Membership Dinner and Meeting coming March 29
- Audubon Land Steward to be Annual Meeting Speaker
- Open house in Long Beach: "Flocking Together - Learn How Citizen Science Counts"
- Diving Birds presented by Harry Nehls
- Oregon Zoo "Predators of the Sky" Program