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November / December 2011 Whistler is Online

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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

Click to Download the pdfThe November / December 2011 Whistler
is available now.

Read more of its content:

  • WHAS Backyard Bird Calendar;
  • Membership Application Form;
  • Indian Jack Slough Update;
  • WHAS Donation to Wake Robin;
  • President Message;
  • Christmas Bird Count’s 2011 Update;
  • Winter Bird Feeding;
  • Wildlife Sightings;
  • Penguin Program;
  • Book Review: Moby Duck;
  • Backyard Birding Information;
  • WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

Backyard Birds Calendar 2012 for sale

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Last Updated: February 06, 2023

Calendar 2012

Now available, the WHAS 2012 Calendar features beautiful photos of Northwest backyard birds, shown in the month they're here, along with tips on creating your bird friendly yard, as well as a special section for keeping track of your backyard bird sightings.

Read more: Backyard Birds Calendar 2012 for sale

Christmas Bird Counts Overview 2011

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Last Updated: February 15, 2014

Christmas Bird CountThe Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is citizen-science at its best.  You can help with this effort, whether you have ever gone bird watching or not.  You will have the opportunity to meet new people with interests in birds, or spend time with friends from previous years.  Observant eyes are needed for that day: the more the better.  You can point out where you see birds and experts in your group can do the identifying; if you do know some of the birds in your area, so much the better.  This is your chance to help collect the information which will direct decisions in the future, decisions which will affect how much natural beauty, including birds, remains for future generations.

Bring your binoculars if you have some, boots, warm clothes and a lunch, and join us for a day outside, looking closely at some of Nature's most interesting creatures, sharing the day with people who have similar interests.

Read more: Christmas Bird Counts Overview 2011

Bald Eagle Recovery

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Last Updated: February 06, 2023

More bald eagles spend the winter in Oregon than anywhere in the U.S. outside Alaska. Yet the lower Columbia River is one area in Oregon where eagles have trouble successfully hatching eggs.

Watch a recent Bald Eagle episode of OPB's Oregon Field Guide.

Duckling sightings at Lake Sacajawea

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Last Updated: February 15, 2014

Duck at Lake Sacajawea - Click to enlarge

It is unusual for ducks to have ducklings this time of year as well as for them to survive the raccoons which inhabit the lake area. There are perhaps a dozen eggs and 4 or 5 hatchlings as of October 12th. As of October 26th, three ducklings were still observed with their mother, who appears to be a feral domesticated duck.

Urban Bird Adaptations

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Last Updated: February 06, 2023

Check out this Science News Article "When Birds Go To Town" for insights into how birds adapt to or are impacted by noisy environments, how trash filled diets impact birds reproductive success and what kind of reception the crows in Seattle may give you if you walk around in a caveman mask.

Rainier's Vaux's Swifts fall update

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Last Updated: February 15, 2014

Vaux Swift in Rainier OR

Upon learning that 3,000 Vaux's Swifts were observed at Chapman School in Portland the other night, Darrel Whipple decided to check out Carpet One in Rainier.  Result was Carpet One - 0, Rainier's Old Hall (Big Green) - 82. The migrating swifts are dropping into the tallest chimney in Big Green (the northwest corner, behind City Hall). Some were observed there during the northward migration in May,

Read more: Rainier's Vaux's Swifts fall update

September / October 2011 Whistler is Online

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Last Updated: December 27, 2017

Click to Download the pdfThe September / October 2011 Whistler
is available now.

Read more of its content:

  • WHAS Summer Picnic;
  • Update on Backyard Bird Calendar;
  • WHAS Movie Series;
  • Member Form;
  • Bird Quiz;
  • WHAS Kids Day Story;
  • Sapsuckers – Persistent birds drill into, but usually do not harm trees;
  • Introducing WHAS volunteers;
  • Fall ACOW;
  • WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

National Coverage of Proposed Coal Terminal in Longview

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Last Updated: February 06, 2023

It's not too often that our little corner of the world makes the national presses, but over the past months friends and families have alerted us to Longview popping up in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times or other far away papers because of the proposed coal terminal.  The most recent Natural Resources Defense Council magazine, On Earth, has a long article about coal with considerable text dedicated to the proposed terminal in Longview.  The Sierra Club magazine, Sierra, included an article on the Longview proposal earlier in the spring.

Check out our bird lists

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Last Updated: February 15, 2014

Do you know about our bird lists?

You will find different bird lists in the "Wildlife Watching & Sightings" section. Russ Koppendrayer just updated the Cowlitz County bird list adding this: "We have surpassed our best year ever with 4 months to go, and the question now is weather we can break the 200 barrier".

The list provides you with information about this year's bird sightings by date and location.

  • July / August 2011 Whistler is Online
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  • May / June 2011 Whistler is Online
  • Call for bird photos
  • Bird spring migration maps
  • March / April 2011 Whistler is Online
  • Backyard Bird Lists
  • An Unusual Avian Visitor
  • Wahkiakum CBC Results
  • Insight into how to develop a Bird Map
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Upcoming Events

Aug 16;
WHAS Summer Picnic
Sep 13;
WHAS 50th Anniversary Celebration
Oct 25;
WHAS Regular Board Meeting

Audubon WA News

  • "Elevation" Program Shapes the Next Generation of Environmental Leaders
    The Seward Park Audubon Center wraps up its first season of the "Elevation" teen engagement program
  • Western Snowy Plover Recovery at Leadbetter Point National Wildlife Refuge
    Audubon Washington Coasts Program Manager Anna Vallery joins WDFW's plover surveys
  • Field Notes: Sage-grouse Surveys on the Columbia Plateau
  • 2025 Legislative Accomplishments
  • World Migratory Bird Day Celebration

National Audubon News

  • Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Water Year 2025 Summary
    Happy New Year! Well, happy new water year, that is. Like others in South Florida, our conservation team marks the calendar by the annual rise and fall of water levels, and June 1 marked the first...
  • 10 Fun Facts About the Bald Eagle
    Whether etched on the back of a United States quarter or perched on a towering treetop, the Bald Eagle is easily one of the most recognizable birds in the world. These large and powerful raptors...
  • Senate Budget Bill Delivers a Blow to Clean Energy, but Public Lands Sell-Off Averted
    WASHINGTON (July 1, 2025) – The U.S. Senate today passed its federal budget bill, legislation that could have a lasting impact on our nation’s ability to halt the decline of migratory birds...
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