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Golden Gardens Park Planning for the Future: A Community Conversation

Willamette High School Media Center and Zoom 1801 Echo Hollow Rd, Eugene, OR

The City of Eugene invites you to learn more about Golden Gardens and different elements planned for the park — including a wildlife habitat and trails area, a neighborhood park, and a sports complex.  Come enjoy food and drinks and share your ideas for the park’s future with City staff and other community members. This will…

An Adventure to Brazil’s Mato Grosso State and Argentina’s Iguazu Falls

Campbell Center 155 High St, Eugene

To view on YouTube click here. In August 2022, John Sullivan and Laura Johnson joined a Wings Birding Tour to Brazil with local birding leader Rich Hoyer. They explored diverse ecosystems, including Brazil’s famous tropical wetlands, the Pantanal, then into the Amazon Basin and dry Cerrado tropical savanna highlands in the state of Mato Grosso.…

First Saturday Bird Walk, Feb. 4

TBD

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.…

Adams Garden Party–Every Month Second Sunday

Adams Elementary School 950 W 22nd Ave, Eugene, Oregon, United States

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.

SWOC Program: Argentina: From the Chaco to Tierra del Fuego

Alluvium 810 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR, United States

“Argentina: From the Chaco to Tierra del Fuego” is the title of February’s Eugene Birders’ Night presentation by Dan and Anne Heyerly sponsored by Southern Willamette Ornithological Club (SWOC). In mid-October 2022, these life-long birders joined a three week birding tour to Argentina. The trip covered parts of Central Argentina, as well as the Patagonian…

Winter Wings Festival in Klamath Fall

The Winter Wings Festival is being held Feb. 17 - 20 (President’s Day Weekend). The event brings together nature lovers, wildlife photographers, and birders from around the United States for workshops, field trips, and presentations led by experts in their fields. While many have already registered, openings still exist for many sessions and activities. FMI: WinterWingsFest.org for the complete schedule and/or to…

Third Saturday Bird Walk, February 18

Elijah Bristow State Park

Park Manager John Mullen will lead a walk at Elijah Bristow State Park, located on Wheeler Road, off Highway 58. We’ll wander through forest edge grassland, down to old quarry ponds, and the Middle Fork of the Willamette River, then circle back. Walking distance is approximately 2.5 miles, covering old fields, oak woodland, cottonwood floodplain,…

A Confluence of Interests–LCAS Program Meeting, Tues. Feb 28

Campbell Center 155 High St, Eugene

View on YouTube 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 Conservancy acquired it from the Wildish Family. The Nature Conservancy is now…

First Saturday Bird Walk, Mar 4th

TBD

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.…

Native Garden Work Party

Camino del Rio/River Road School 120 West Hilliard Lane, Eugene, OR, United States

Camino del Rio/River Road School is having a work party in the school garden. Everyone is welcome to come help native, pollinator-friendly plants purchased with Audubon grant funds. 10 a.m. - noon, 120 West Hilliard Lane, Eugene.

Adams Garden Party–Every Month Second Sunday

Adams Elementary School 950 W 22nd Ave, Eugene, Oregon, United States

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.

SWOC Program: Traversing the Elevational Ecosystems of Ecuador

Alluvium 810 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR, United States

“Do-It-Yourself Birder” Forest Tomlinson will present “From High to Low and In-between: Traversing the Elevational Ecosystems of Ecuador,” encompassing his solo two-week swing through Ecuador. Traveling between the Western Rainforests of Mindo, the highland páramo around Papallacta Pass, and the foothills of the Amazon Rainforests, he saw almost 400 species. He’ll offer travel information and…

Program Meetings

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.