The 8th annual Willamette Valley Bird Symposium took place 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 to celebrate birds. Fore more info: Willamette Valley Bird Symposium website.
Our First Saturday Bird Walks, created in celebration of the Lane Audubon Inclusivity and Diversity Statement, are reserved for women, BIPOC, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Birders of all levels and backgrounds are welcome to join, particularly those who may have felt intimidated at the thought of birding alone or on other guided walks.…
Our Third Saturday Bird Walk is open to all participants. The time, place, and leader of this walk are to be arranged. Participation continues to be limited due to the ongoing pandemic, so please email Bex at fieldtrips@laneaudubon.org to sign up for this walk. Masks and distancing may still be required throughout walks, depending on…
To view this presentation online: https://youtu.be/z-uhOnYtOM4 For her presentation, Vjera will introduce us to additional eBird tools not covered in last year’s presentation. Want to report your bird sightings on the go? Walk a non-birder through an identification? Record a song and see live bird song identification recommendations? There’s an app for that! The featured…
Our First Saturday Bird Walks, created in celebration of the Lane Audubon Inclusivity and Diversity Statement, are reserved for women, BIPOC, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Birders of all levels and backgrounds are welcome to join, particularly those who may have felt intimidated at the thought of birding alone or on other guided walks.…
Our Third Saturday Bird Walk continues to be open to all participants. Gerry Meenaghan will lead this walk in and around Lane Community College. Masks and distancing may still be required throughout walks, depending on evolving COVID-safety guidelines. Participation continues to be limited due to the ongoing pandemic, so please email Bex at fieldtrips@laneaudubon.org to sign up for…
To view this program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN98bQh1YyM For our March Program Meeting, LCAS member Magnus Persmark will lead 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 Hammond, and fellow LCAS members Dave Westerfield and Randy Sinnott. With the help of…
Our First Saturday Bird Walks, created in celebration of the Lane Audubon Inclusivity and Diversity Statement, are reserved for women, BIPOC, and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Birders of all levels and backgrounds are welcome to join, particularly those who may have felt intimidated at the thought of birding alone or on other guided walks.…
We can expect the Vaux’s Swifts to arrive with a warm wind from the south sometime in April. The timing of the migration varies, so we hope they will show up April 15 and 29 when we will be watching the skies to see the birds ride in on the wind. They use the Agate Hall…
Our Third Saturday Bird Walk continues to be open to all participants. We will be exploring Green Island, which is part of the McKenzie River Trust. Please email Bex at fieldtrips@laneaudubon.org to sign up for the walk. Directions: From I-5: Take Exit 199, Coburg exit. Turn Left (if coming from south), (West) at the top…
View this program on YouTube by clicking 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 flowers? Do you know how to tell a bee from a fly? Do you know…
Come learn about some of Oregon's amazing native bees and their habitat! On Wednesday April 27, collecting nets, jars, and notepads will be provided. Together we will safely collect, identify, record and release bees. All are welcome! LCAS is part of the Eugene's Bee City initiative and is helping to promote bee survey this spring.…
Our monthly program meetings have something for everyone. During the last year we hosted programs by naturalists, wildlife artists and expert birders on a variety of topics from the birds of Hawaii, to ravens, wolves, and people, to the migration of red knots. Participating in a program meeting is a fun way to get involved with Lane County Audubon. Meetings are free and open to all.
We are currently meeting on Zoom and in-person as conditions allow on the 4th Tuesday of each month between September and May at 7:00 p.m.