To protect, preserve and enhance natural ecosystems and our communities for the benefit of birds, other wildlife and people.
Eastside Audubon Service Area
Eastside Audubon is an independent nonprofit chapter under National Audubon Society, located in eastern King County, including Bellevue, Bothell, Carnation, Duvall, Fall City, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kirkland, Medina, North Bend, Preston, Redmond, Sammamish, Snoqualmie, Woodinville, and the contiguous communities and unincorporated areas.
Join the 2026 Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 19!
Help count every bird in our 15-mile circle centered on Beaver Lake, part of the world's oldest community science project. Your sightings help scientists track how birds are faring across North America. Join a field team led by an experienced birder, or count from your feeder at home. When the count wraps up, share highlights and stories with fellow counters at our Tally & Connect gathering.
Claire Kerwin of WDFW shows how to create habitat for songbirds. Watch on Zoom from home, or join the watch party at the Redmond Library (doors open at 6 p.m.).
Seabird field trip to Point No Point, Foulweather Bluff and Hansville via the Edmonds–Kingston ferry. Leader: Andy McCormick. Limit 12.
Join Antonio Montanana for an early-morning bird walk at Marymoor Park. All skill levels welcome. Bring binoculars and waterproof shoes.
Join fellow bird lovers to restore bird habitat along the Audubon Bird Loop at Marymoor Park in Redmond. We meet rain or shine on the first Saturday of each month.
This was a busy year for the American Ornithological Society’s Checklist of North American Birds. In October, the AOS journal Ornithology published the 67th Supplement to the checklist which included splits for some prominent bird species.
Time spent nurturing a garden transforms into time spent deadheading flowers, raking leaves, and generally pruning the remnants of summer’s bounty. But a lack of action now can actually set up your yard to be a haven for wildlife as the season changes.
The White-breasted Nuthatch is our largest nuthatch. Like other North American nuthatches, it has a gray back, but it has other distinguishing characteristics.