Special Volunteer Opportunity: Audubon in the Schools!
We are very excited to have a newly expanded team working on the Audubon in the Schools program now! Kathy Wilson, Barb Pope, Rose Britton, Marty Merrill, Janet Barnes, and Sue Markley have been organizing the lesson plans, specimens, and…
From Our President: Volunteers Are the Life Blood of LCAS
Volunteers are the “green energy” that drives the activities of the Lane Audubon chapter. The only way we keep our projects running is with folks who have some time, talent, and initiative to help. The work done by Lane Audubon…
From Our President: Bonney Butte Offers a Wealth of Migrant Raptor Flyovers
By September, bird migration is in full swing. We can find shorebirds and ducks arriving at Fern Ridge and other waterways. We can see the Vaux’s Swifts at Agate Hall, as well as other chimneys around the area. A little…
Announcements
Save the Date: December 30, 2018 Eugene Christmas Bird CountThe date for the 2018 Eugene Christmas Bird Count has been set for Sunday, December 30. It will be our 77th Christmas Bird Count. More information will be in the November Quail. But…
From Our President: Enthusiastic Volunteers Inspire Interest in Birding
Spring was Event-Full for Lane Audubon, and I have several people to thank for their outreach and education efforts over the past two months!Between April 10th and May 18th, Barb Pope and Kathy Wilson taught 13 “Audubon in the Schools”…
Audubon in the Schools (AITS) Needs Volunteers and a Leader
This Lane Audubon program is in high demand by grade school teachers. Teachers and their students love this program!Our volunteer instructors and five new people brought the program to several classrooms this spring.We hope to continue to build our volunteer…
World Migratory Bird Day Celebration
On World Migratory Bird Day, Saturday, May 12, Lane County Audubon Society and Nearby Nature co-sponsored a family-friendly event at Nearby Nature’s Learnscape in Alton Baker Park.Attendees young, old, and in between were treated to bird walks in the park,…
UO Knight Law School Osprey Cam Now Up and Running
https://law.uoregon.edu/explore/osprey Check out the chicks!
From Our President: Wetlands Nourish Both Wildlife and Human Observers
My first encounter with a wetland ecosystem was in the springtime, on a vacant lot where the frogs’ chorus drew me like a magnet to the ponds in the flooded field. The hidden frogs lured me with their songs, compelling…