Latest Update on Ashland Pond
For those who are interested in what's happening at Ashland Pond, here is the latest... https://www.ashland.or.us/news.asp?newsid=5327
The Nature of Oregon’s Great Basin
Join us for our October program when Pepper Trail, our globe-trotting conservation co-chair, will take us somewhere truly exotic: Oregon's Great Basin! Pepper is particularly fond of the Summer Lake area, and his talk, "The Nature of Oregon's Great Basin," will introduce the varied birds and ecosystems of the Oregon Outback - with particular emphasis [...]
The Recovery and Conservation of the California Condor
SEPTEMBER Virtual Program Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 7:00 pm The Recovery and Conservation of the California Condor This month’s virtual program will feature several speakers. Each speaker will participate through their collaboration with the Friends of California Condors Wild and Free, and will discuss their own niche within the California Condor monitoring and recovery effort. [...]
Free Zoom Program on Conservation Ranching Program (KBAS)
September 14, 2021, TUES. @ 7:00 pm Join Klamath Basin Audubon Society (KBAS) for a free zoom “Help for Grassland Birds: Introducing Audubon’s Conservation Ranching Program” presented by Matt Allshouse (Conservation Ranching Program Manager with Audubon California). Must register for zoom by Monday, Sept. 13th at klamathaudubon.org. Matt grew up on a ranch in Wyoming, [...]
Local Artists Headline Show in Coos Bay
Two accomplished Ashland artists are currently featured at the Coos Art Museum now through Oct. 2. View art on exhibit at https://cduncan100.wixsite.com/humanepoch . Claire Duncan is an Ashland, Oregon artist. Her work has appeared in exhibitions nationwide, including Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum's Birds in Art, and has won numerous awards, including First Place in The [...]
The Woodpecker’s Tongue and Other Avian Adaptations
Tuesday, May 25 at 7:00 pm “The Woodpecker’s Tongue and Other Avian Adaptations” Presented by DAN GLEASON Editor's note: We don't usually have a May chapter meeting. This bonus event takes the place of our annual May picnic which was canceled. Awakened by a woodpecker drumming on your gutters at 5 a.m.? Or was one [...]
Observation Point: Birding at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument
Virtual APRIL Program Tuesday, April 27 at 7:00 pm Presented by GINA ROBERTI On May 18, 1980, a cataclysmic event occurred at Mount St. Helens as the north flank of the volcano slid off in one of the largest landslides in recorded history, unleashing a powerful eruption. This eruption buried 230 square miles of existing [...]
A Predictable Tragedy: Avian Botulism In Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges
Jefferson Public Radio has published an article by Pepper Trail on last summer's catastrophic botulism outbreak. You can find it here: https://www.ijpr.org/environment-energy-and-transportation/2021-03-15/a-predictable-tragedy-avian-botulism-in-the-klamath-basin-national-wildlife-refuges.
Nest la Vie: From Elaborate Nests to None At All
Tuesday, March 23 at 7:00 pm Noah Burg presents two research projects focused on birds found in the African savanna. In his talk, Noah will discuss the research he’s conducted and present photographs from his field work, highlighting some of the amazing wildlife found at the study locations. The focus of the first project is [...]
Virtual FEBRUARY Program “Vaux’s Happening: 15 million and Counting”
February 23 at 7:00 pm Presented by LARRY SCHWITTERS Audubon’s Vaux’s Happening Project began in 2007 as a successful effort to save a school chimney that was one of only two well-known big number Vaux’s Swift roost sites in Washington State. This chimney is now recognized as a PIF Globally Significant Important Bird Area. The [...]