The theme of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, which is “Water: Sustaining Bird Life,” is a call for attention to the importance of water and its associated habitats to migratory birds. Unfortunately, increasing human demand for water, as well as human-driven pollution and climate change, threaten many of the water areas on which migratory…
The Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group is sponsoring its 30th Annual Hardy Plant Sale on Saturday, May 13, 2023, from 9 am to 2 pm at the Lane County Fairgrounds in the Auditorium Building. This indoor sale will feature specialty vendors from throughout Oregon plus non-profit groups. On offer will be perennials, trees, shrubs, grasses,…
We’ll be working every month on the second Sunday of the month. Let’s spruce up our campus! Help with our new native pollinator-friendly garden, made possible by the Lane County Audubon Society. Please bring gloves.
Gerry Meenaghan will give a presentation entitled “Birding Borikén: Around Puerto Rico in Seven Days” for the May meeting of Southern Willamette Ornithological Club (SWOC). Gerry will detail his one-week solo birding journey around the island of Puerto Rico in December, 2021. In addition to viewing wildlife photos and hearing entertaining stories, attendees will learn…
The Cascades Raptor Center is offering a number of opportunities for close-up meetings with some of their raptors while enjoying finger foods and beverages. Ninkasi Brewing is co-sponsoring these events. Events in May are the 5th and 19th. June events are the 2nd and 23rd, with the 2nd designated as Queer Night. More will take…
Daniel Farrar will lead this walk into the section of Fern Ridge Reservoir that begins at the west end of Royal Avenue. Start time is 8 am. Parking situation can be "dicey." FMI audubon@laneaudubon.org
The Mt Pisgah Wildflower Festival will be held on May 21st, 2023. Lane County Audubon is happy to reach out to the people who attend the Festival each spring. We need volunteers to meet and greet people at our booth with displays of birds, birding info and much more. For more information, contact Ron: christyandron2@gmail.com.…
View on YouTube For our May program, Carina Kusaka, a graduate student at Oregon State University, will give a presentation on the focus of her master’s degree: researching Tufted Puffins on the Oregon Coast. Using a combination of field-collected data and aerial photographs taken over the past 30 years, she conducted spatial analyses to examine…
The Cascades Raptor Center is offering a number of opportunities for close-up meetings with some of their raptors while enjoying finger foods and beverages. Ninkasi Brewing is co-sponsoring these events. Events in June are the 2nd and 23rd, with the 2nd designated as Queer Night. More will take place in August, September, and October. All…
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.…
Ann and Dan Heyerly will lead this bird walk at Mt Pisgah Arboretum, meet in the parking lot, start time 7:30 am. We will walk the trails of the arboretum - perhaps at the end we can go uphill a bit if anyone wants to. Lane County park pass is needed. Daily permit can be…
We’ll look back upon the abundance of our 2023 Spring Migration and celebrate the skill and enthusiasm of our birding community as we explored the many opportunities presented by this time of renewal. This meeting will be a less structured one. We’ll have more time to discuss some of our finds. We are blessed with…
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.
