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Othello Sandhill Crane Festival

Othello Sandhill Crane Festival

March 22-24, 2024 in Othello, WA. For directions and more information: Registration is open NOW,  Check out the Sandhill Crane Festival website here.  

3rd Sat. Birding March 16-Willamette Confluence

3rd Sat. Birding March 16-Willamette Confluence

Birding Report: What an amazing morning we had for the 3rd Saturday Bird Walk on March 16! This walk was led by McKenzie River Trust staff members Charlie Quinn and Sarah Merkle. Although this property is not open to the…

Installation of Delta Ponds bridge

Delta Ponds Loop Trail Gets a Bridge

Crews with the city installed a new 100-foot-long bridge over some of the Delta Ponds wetlands on January 25. Philip Richardson, a landscape architect with the city’s Parks and Open Space Department, noted that it is just one part of…

Cat with bird

Birds and Cats–A Lethal Combination

Many of us who love birds and wildlife also love cats. Unfortunately, our cats do serious damage when they roam freely. Both the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have found that bird and…

Ram Papish

LCAS Program Meeting March 26 – Drawing on Nature

Join the Lane County Audubon Society on March 26, Tuesday, at 7 pm for an enlightening program by artist Ram Papish. He will describe his journey from his early days painting birds at South Eugene High School to his current…

Gardening for the Bees & Birds

LCAS Program Meeting: Gardening for the Bees (& Birds)

This program is available for viewing on YouTube. Tuesday Feb 27 at 7pm  the topic was “Gardening for the Bees & Birds” By now you’ve probably heard about the “insect apocalypse” and how many of our pollinators are in decline,…

WV Bird Symposium

Thanks for Helping!

Thank you to Cecelia Hagen, Ash Berry, and Barbara Bryson for setting up and staffing the Lane County Audubon table at the Willamette Valley Bird Symposium on Saturday, February 3. LCAS was a sponsor of the symposium and had several…

2023 Mushroom Festival LCAS booth

Thanks to Mushroom Festival LCAS Booth Volunteers

The morning was cold, but the day warmed up as hundreds gathered at the Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival on Sunday, October 29. More than 200 festival-goers stopped by the LCAS booth to visit and learn more about the birds in…

Cecelia Hagen and Ash Berry

Welcome to New Board Members Cecelia Hagen and Ash Berry

Cecelia is a familiar face, having volunteered for three years as the Coordinator of Audubon Adventures. Ash is a UO graduate student in the Non-Profit Management program, who reached out to serve as a Board member through their course work.…

Audubon Adventures cover Get to Know Birds

Audubon Adventures Seeking Teachers

Audubon Adventures is an environmental education curriculum that is sent, for free, to local educators—but first they have to sign up for it! Part of what I do as the LCAS coordinator for Audubon Adventures is request donations from members…