Monthly Program Articles

Program Night: Birding by Kayak

Birding by kayak in the San Juan Islands, Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, Lac Le Jeune, B.C. and more - Sept 25, 2008

Program Night: As Close as You Dare - Africa

An extraordinary journey into the African bush - Thurs, Oct 23, 2008

Program Night: Swans of Winter

Experience the majestic beauty of the largest waterfowl in the world - Thurs, Nov 20, 2008 (1 week early).

Program Night: Birding the Gulf Coast, Warblers to Herons

An evening of pure birding pleasure. Jim Kenney will show us beautiful photographs of birds all along the Texas Coast to the Rio Grand Valley.

Program Night - Unusual Birds: Extreme Adaptations and Appearances

 

Program Night: Wolves in Washington State: Are We Ready?

Wildlife biologist, Gary Wiles, will discuss wolf biology, wolf myths, and the population status of wolves in Washington. We will also show movie footage of the popular Yellowstone wolves and talk about their success story.

Program Night - The Owl and The Woodpecker: Encounters with North America's Most Iconic Birds

 

A Trip Around the World with Bird Sounds: What Their Song is All About!

Join Martyn Stewart for a presentation on recording bird songs and the complexity of vocalizations - a kind of indoor "birding by ear."

Cascadia Butterflies: Their Intriguing Life History

 

The Southern Cross Peregrine Project

Come hear raptor biologist, Bud Anderson, present his fascinating stories of the beautiful Peregrine Falcon’s incredible migration from the Chilean Andes to the northern Arctic and back and the new GPS tracking they use.

Dragonflies - Rainbows on the Wing

 

A Bird by Any Other Name

November 19 - one week early! Join Robert Howson as he presents a program on birds named after early ornithologists and collectors. See how many of them you can identify.

2011 EAS Annual Dinner

 

Amazing Mammals: Bats

SPECIAL KID’S PROGRAM TIME: 7:00 P.M. (business meeting and adult program follow)

Otters of the Salish Sea

 

Program Night: Penguins as Sentinels

 

Program Night: "What were they thinking" Habitat Restoration at Magnuson Park, Seattle.” May 27th, 7 pm (, from May 27, 2010 07:00 PM to May 27, 2010 09:00 PM)

Come and learn about habitat restoration at Magnuson Park in Seattle

Program Night: Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship, Sept. 23, 7 pm.

 

Ghost Bird - Special feature length screening

A Documentary by Scott Crocker, this thrilling eco-noir investigates the strange but true story of a small town in Arkansas overrun by a nation of birders all searching for the “Grail Bird” – the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

Program Night: Native Plants with Rita Moore

Rita Moore will talk about Native Plants and how they are used by our local fauna. Meet at 7 PM, April 28th.

Ivory-billed

 

EAS Annual Dinner

 

Northwest Forests with Ron Sandelin

The Pacific Northwest is known for its forests. Naturalist, writer and teacher Rob Sandelin will share some insights to the forest you live in.

Snow Leopards

Snow leopards are one of the most mysterious yet iconic of the wild cats. Tom McCarthy has studied them since 1992. He now leads the first-ever long term study of the Snow Leopard. Join Tom as he shares highlights from his South Gobi, Mongolia, project.

Habitats

Understanding the habitat needs of birds is an essential skill for birders. It’s complex, well beyond the ususal listing of habitat types such as Deciduous Forest, Grassland, Marsh, and Freshwater Lake. Michael Hobbs delivers insight to habitat for bird watchers, drilling all the way down to the individual tree and shrub.

Dog Days, Raven Nights

John and Colleen Marzluff will talk about their book Dog Days, Raven Nights, sharing their journey as graduate students as they grew to be “corvid experts”. 7 PM, April 28th.

Program Night: Understanding Shorebirds: The Miracle of Migration. June 24th, 7 pm (, from Jun 24, 2010 07:00 PM to Jun 24, 2010 09:00 PM)

Come learn about Pacific Golden Plovers, Sanderlings, Wandering Tattlers, Bar-tailed Godwits, and other shorebirds.

Dan Froehlich

 

Program Night: If not me then who? DanFroehlich

A Program Night presentation about value-added opportunities for bird enthusiasts by Dan Froehlich on June 23, 2011, 7pm.

Program Night: Wings of Beauty, Thurs, 9/22, 7:00pm

A Fast-Moving, Fun Program on Butterflies

Program Night November 17 Oiled Wildlife Response in Washington