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World Migratory Bird Day

Bird Migration Questions and Some Answers

Who? Why? When? Where? How? So many questions are asked about bird migration and so many scientific studies are done to supply a rich font of answers. Why and when? Birds in the Northern Hemisphere migrate in the spring to…

Olympic National Forest

A Voice for the Forests

Why do trees hate riddles? Because they don’t like being stumped. How do trees get online? They just log in. Why are trees the best networkers? They’re constantly branching out! Forest management got a tree-mendous (okay, I’ll stop) amount of…

What Our Chapter Has Been Up to This Winter and Spring

What Our Chapter Has Been Up to This Winter and Spring

Many activites: Monthly hybrid-Zoom Program Meetings with fascinating presentations, averaging 100 attendees! Two monthly bird walks that are always well attended and show folks the wonderful birding opportunities in our area. Christmas Bird Counts in Eugene, Oakridge, Cottage Grove, and…

State of the Birds Report 2022

State of the Birds 2022: Not Good News

A coalition of 33 organizations and government agencies have reviewed the data and released the 2022 U.S. State of the Birds report. As expected, much of it is alarming. Over half of bird species are in decline, with three billion…

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Keeping Birds Safe on Migration using Radar Technology and You!

Migration is among the most astonishing and challenging stages in any bird’s life–a metabolically demanding journey riddled with perils, from hazardous weather and food shortages to human-caused impacts like light pollution. Fully 80% of our terrestrial migrants in North America…