Back to the Night: Why Preserving the Stars Is Not Just for the Birds 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…
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…
Gina Roberti's program is now available on YouTube: The Birds of Mt St Helens As most long-time Oregonians are aware, on May 18, 1980, a cataclysmic event occurred at Mount St. Helens. The north flank of the volcano slid off…
Noah's program is available now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTnCDoRGGU Antarctica’s windswept Elephant Island may be best known as the bleak refuge of British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew after they lost their ship Endurance in 1916. Today, the island is…
After a summer break, our program meetings will start up again in the fall! Save these dates.Tuesday September 25–Paul Engelmeyer, Audubon Tenmile Creek Sanctuary Manager, will talk about Land and Sea Conservation Issues and Strategies.Tuesday October 23–Joe Moll, Executive Director…