This is my last report as your Board President. It has been a fun and busy four years and I thank all of you for the opportunity to serve as your leader.
CBC Highlights from Previous Years
Black Scoter
Giving Tuesday
There's Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and now there's Giving Tuesday! A generous donor has come forward with a $1 for $1 match challenge for the first $1000 contributed to Eastside Audubon on this global day of giving.
Christmas Bird Count and Dinner
Redhead
Volunteer Time Reports Requested
Celebrating Fall at Molbak’s Nursery
Northern Goshawk
Plant Sale Success Story
Lower Snake River Dams Revisited
Spotted Towhee
Rock Sandpiper
White-winged Scoter
The White-winged Scoter is one of the world’s three scoters, all of which are seen in winter along the Washington coast. They are all in the genus Melanitta from the Greek melas, black, and netta, a duck. Heinrich Boie (1794-1827) Latinized the Greek word for duck and misspelled it. However, the principle of priority allows the error to stand
Bullock's Oriole
Dunlin
Dunlins are hardy birds that winter farther north than any other shorebird. This fall and winter they will be along the Washington coast from late October to early May. Major stopover points for them are the tidal flats and coastal estuaries around Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor and the Samish and Skagit Flats where they forage on marine and freshwater invertebrates by probing a few centimeters into the mud or fine-grained sand.