A Confluence of Interests: Nature and People in the 21st Century Joe Moll will present a program and discussion about the new McKenzie River Trust lands near Mount Pisgah. The Willamette Confluence Preserve was established in 2010 when The Nature…
To view on YouTube: click here An Adventure to Brazil’s Mato Grosso State and Argentina’s Iguazu Falls In August 2022, John Sullivan and Laura Johnson joined a Wings Birding Tour to Brazil with local birding leader Rich Hoyer. They explored…
To View on YouTube Click here. The Reverse Bucket List: How I Learned to Love Alligator Farms In Florida, roadside attractions can be surprisingly great places to enjoy birds. This program explores unexpected locations for experiencing Florida’s fabulous bird life…
To view the 10/25/22 program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-WQ--TmbE&t=14s Mary Coolidge comes to us from the Portland Audubon Society to share ideas about helping night flying migrants as they pass through our local skies. For eons, the night was lit only by the…
This program is available for viewing on YouTube. Bill Sullivan, Oregon’s hiking guru, will take us on an illustrated tour of the most spectacular trails in the entire Northwest, based on his newly released coffee-table picture book, Hiking Trails of…
To view this program on YouTube click here. The Himalayan System, consisting of east-west trending ranges sandwiched between the Asian and Indian continental plates, features a plethora of lofty peaks, with thirty-seven summits rising to above 25,000 feet. Besides the stunning…
To view this program on YouTube click here. Native Pollinators and Native Plants: Your Tiny Visitors and the Plants They Love Our April presenter Bruce Newhouse asks: Did you ever wonder about all those flying and crawling critters visiting your…
To view the program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN98bQh1YyM For our March Program Meeting, LCAS member Magnus Persmark led us on an adventure through the spectacularly bird-rich wild lands of Southern Ecuador. He traveled there in January of 2022, along with his wife, Rosie…
This program is now on YouTube for viewing: https://youtu.be/z-uhOnYtOM4 Vjera Thompson grew up in Springfield, in a homeschooling family that encouraged her interest in birding. Early on, her mom connected her to Audubon walks, counts, and supportive birders; Vjera recently participated…
The 8th annual Willamette Valley Bird Symposium took place on Saturday, January 29, 2022. The day-long event was recorded and is available for viewing. WVBS is an annual, day-long symposium bringing together professionals, students, and amateurs from the Willamette Valley…