Long-time LCAS board member Herb Wisner, now 98, has completed his memoir, My Life…and Then Some: A Memoir? Herb’s bird-filled autobiography is available on Amazon! The following teaser is shortened slightly from what appears on the Amazon website: For 98 years,…
Due to the pandemic, we have learned enlightening essential practices to secure our families and ourselves from an infection affecting the human population of the earth. Precautions to ensure protection from disease have become daily rituals, changing our lives dramatically.…
As I write this piece in early April, our future activities for the next two months are completely up in the air. We know that in May we will not have a Bird Walk and that cancellation of the Program…
With the pressures of politics and pandemics over the past few months, I feel the need to de-stress in nature as much as possible. Fortunately, this time of year, that is easy. Temperatures are warming, flowers are blooming, trees are…
“Where Have All MY Birds Gone?”That is the question I hear dozens of times a year while answering the Audubon Phone. Lane County Audubon Society (LCAS) has a phone number people call, seeking answers to all sorts of nature-related questions.…
Wednesday 2/5 7:30 am through Friday 2/7. For more info on registration and detailed schedule:https://ortws.org/2019-annual-meeting/
We just learned of the passing of Allen Prigge on December 30th. He was 97 years old. A longtime Eugene-area birder, he had been a member and supporter of Lane County Audubon since the beginning. Starting in 1973, Al managed…
If you got busy over the holidays and forgot to give an annual donation to Lane County Audubon Society, it’s not too late to give to a great cause.All of your tax-deductible donation stays local, funding LCAS education, conservation, and…
Audubon in the SchoolsThe Audubon in the Schools team has been doing a wonderful job bringing this educational program into our schools. Volunteer instructors have also presented some beginning birding classes for the Outdoor Schools Program. In 2019 the overall…
Volunteers are invited to help gather data for the largest Short-eared Owl study in the world! This community science project covers eight states. To participate, potential surveyors sign-up for a survey grid and complete two 90-minute road-based surveys from March…