SPRING BIRD FLINGGet ready for spring birds with fun day-long activities in our awesome Syre bird exhibit—or get out as a family into local bird hot spots and find our feathered friends in the wild. Either way, you’ll enjoy exploring birds in these workshops and tours offered by the Whatcom Museum and North Cascades Audubon Society. Note events that require pre-registration. SCHOOL’S OUT FUN: WHO'S THAT BIRD?MONDAY, APRIL 4, 10 – 3:30 PM; $15 MUSEUM MEMBERS/$20 NON-MEMBERS; PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED Spend a day in our fascinating collection of more than 500 taxidermied birds from Whatcom County. Through games, art and interactive experiences, we’ll have some vacation-time fun learning more about our feathered friends. Art workshop included and, weather and time permitting, we’ll take a short bird walk nearby. Ages 8 and up. Register at ejdieleman@cob.org or 360-778-8960 by April 1. (SYRE) SCHOOL’S OUT FUN: SPRING NEST FESTTUESDAY, APRIL 5, 10 – 3:30 PM; $15 MUSEUM MEMBERS/$20 NON-MEMBERS; PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED The nesting season is around the corner! We’ll find out about the amazing ways that birds make nests viewing the ones in our Syre bird exhibit and seeing them be build in onscreen action. To get a taste of the challenge of nest-building, we’ll make a nest of our own to take home. Weather and time permitting we’ll take a short bird walk nearby. Ages 8 and up. Register at ejdieleman@cob.org or 360-778-8960 by April 1. (SYRE) NORTH CASCADES AUDUBON SOCIETYFAMILY BIRD WALK: BIRDING LAKE PADDENWEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 9 AM – 12 PM; FREELake Padden is a favorite recreation area for local people and a favorite spot for birds! Walk with Audubon Board member Ken Salzman to see which birds are there in April. Children ages 7 and up may attend if they bring a parent along. Meet at 9 AM in the parking lot by the playground. Ken will guide the walk till noon—families can walk as long as they like. Prepare for spring weather (rain jacket, hats, warm clothing) and bring binoculars if you have them. No pre-registration needed. ART ADVENTURES IS FOR THE BIRDSWednesday, April 6, 1:30-4 PMMuseum members $3, non-members $5 materials fee plus admission.500 bird hang out in our Syre Education Center! This building is most often closed to the public but kids will get a special opportunity to explore this exhibit and then go to our Syre classroom to make bird art with our museum staff. Join us for this engaging workshop. (SYRE) NORTH CASCADES AUDUBON SOCIETYFAMILY BIRD WALK: SCUDDER POND Thursday, April 7, 9 AM; FREE Join well-known local birder and Audubon board member, Paul Woodcock, on a birding expedition at Scudder Pond. This urban nature area is a haven for local birds, both around the pond and in the adjoining wooded area. Paul will help you find birds and share birding tips. Meet at 9 AM in the Bloedel Donovan parking lot. Walk leaves promptly at 9:15 and will continue till noon, families can walk as long as they like. Prepare for spring weather (rain jacket, hats, warm clothing) and bring binoculars if you have them.NORTH CASCADES AUDUBON SOCIETYBACKYARD BIRDING SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1 - 4 PM; FREE Together, parents and kids learn how to make their yard bird-friendly! Discover local bird habits, plants birds need and like, and dangers to avoid as you set up your bird yard. You’ll see best designs of bird boxes and make your own bird feeders. Audubon president Pam Borso leads the workshop with other Audubon members and museum staff. The Syre bird exhibit is closed, but we’ll explore it for likely backyard birds. Limited space! Pre-register at ejdieleman@cob.org or 360-778-8960. (SYRE)
April Newsletter and Events Are Online
April 2016 Newsletter is Online
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General Membership Meeting with Joseph K. Gaydos
This month's exciting membership meeting! Mark your calendar. See below for date, time, and location.
The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest. The Salish Sea, spanning the inland waters of Washington and British Columbia, includes 6,535 square miles of sea surface area and 4,642 miles of coastline, and is considered an international treasure. Joseph K Gaydos, one of the co-authors of the new book The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest, has been studying fish and wildlife of the Salish Sea for more than a decade. Gaydos will take us on a spectacular tour of this ecological jewel, its amazing birds and wildlife, and how it helps to define our lives. Fashioned by the violent volcanism of the Pacific Rim of Fire, plate tectonics and the sculptural magic wrought by Ice Age glaciers, the Salish Sea is a unique ecosystem home to thousands of different species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and macro-invertebrates. Gaydos is passionate about educating others about the wonders of the Salish Sea and the need to preserve it.The book is the first of its kind to describe the sea and spent ten weeks on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association bestseller list. With breathtaking color photography, The Salish Sea takes a look at the region’s geology, fauna and history, and ends with hope for the protection of its future. The reader is left with a sense of wonder for this intricate marine ecosystem and the life that it sustains. Village Books will be on site so people can purchase the book and visitors will have the opportunity to ask questions and have their books signed.Joseph K. Gaydos is chief scientist for the SeaDoc Society, a marine science and conservation program focused on the Salish Sea. He is a licensed wildlife veterinarian and has a PhD in wildlife health.
Always on the 4th Tuesday of the month:April 26, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum,** free & open to the public!
**in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
IDENTIFICATION, EARLY DETECTION, AND REPORTING OF INVASIVE PLANTS WORKSHOP
Bellingham, WA Thursday, April 21, 2016; 1:00pm - 3:30pm Address: Whatcom County Noxious Weed Control Board, 322 N. Commercial St., Suite 110, Bellingham WA 98225.This training is free and capacity is limited. If you would like to attend, PLEASE REGISTER WITH JULIE COMBS at pnw.ipc.org@gmail.com (or call 615-812-5295) to reserve your place!The PNW Invasive Plant Council is a non-profit conservation group (http://www.pnw-ipc.org/) working in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, Washington Dept. of Agriculture (WSDA), county noxious weed boards, and other state and local conservation groups on a Citizen Science EDRR (Early Detection Rapid Response) program. With funding from the NFF, NFWF, WSDA and others we are gearing up for our fifth year to search for priority and newly emerging invasive plants in our National Forests, Parks and beyond. We are excited to recruit new volunteers and inspire our current volunteer base to search for invasive plant populations. We have specific focal areas in National Forests and Parks, and DNR Natural Areas Preserves but there is a great need to document emerging invasive populations on all public lands. If you are hiking, boating, kayaking, horseback riding or working on public lands and are interested in participating in our program and/or interested in learning more about invasive plants and the problems they cause you are invited to attend.Citizen Science Invasive Plant EDRR Volunteer TrainingOur mission is to train citizens to identify a suite of invasive plants and to take basic data on their location and population numbers so we can inform land managers of their presence which will help lead to their eradication before they spread. We will train volunteers to identify target invasive plants in a 2.5 hour training which includes a PowerPoint presentation and examination of herbarium specimens and live material. Volunteers who sign up for the program will receive a training booklet to help ID species in the field along with survey forms and instruction on how to fill out the survey form. Trainings are intended to equip volunteers with the knowledge necessary to conduct invasive plant surveys in the places volunteers love to recreate in. We hope that each volunteer who signs up will conduct at least 1 to 2 surveys over the field season.
General Membership Meeting with Tim Boyer
This month’s exciting membership meeting! March 22, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum, in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
** free & open to the public!**
Understanding Shorebirds, the Miracle of Migration. Join award-winning nature photographer Tim Boyer in exploring the epic trans-ocean migration of some of our shorebirds. Eight of the 42 common shorebirds found in Washington will be discussed, including bar-tailed godwits, Pacific golden-plovers, sanderlings and other birds that cross the majority of the Pacific Ocean. We’ll look at where they migrate, why they migrate and how they are able to travel so far. These global migrants require global conservation and climate change solutions. In an effort to understand their remarkable journeys we need to look beyond the North American borders and see where shorebirds spend most of their lives.
March Newsletter and Events Are Online
March 2016 Newsletter is Online
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March Events and Field Trips Are Online
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Don't miss Wings Over Water, a Northwest Birding Festival in Whatcom County! It will take place from Friday through Sunday, March 11-13. Details are in our current newsletter and in the Calendar on our website.
General Membership Meeting with Tim Boyer
This month's exciting membership meeting! Mark your calendar. See below for date, time, and location.
Understanding Shorebirds, the Miracle of Migration. Join award-winning nature photographer Tim Boyer in exploring the epic trans-ocean migration of some of our shorebirds. Eight of the 42 common shorebirds found in Washington will be discussed, including bar-tailed godwits, Pacific golden-plovers, sanderlings and other birds that cross the majority of the Pacific Ocean. We’ll look at where they migrate, why they migrate and how they are able to travel so far. These global migrants require global conservation and climate change solutions. In an effort to understand their remarkable journeys we need to look beyond the North American borders and see where shorebirds spend most of their lives.Tim Boyer is a full-time photographer and a graduate of Seattle Audubon’s Master Birder Program. His images have been published in many bird and nature magazines, and his fine art prints are sold at art festivals around the Pacific Northwest. He enjoys sharing his knowledge of photography and birds through workshops and presentations. Shorebirds are his favorite grouping of birds, and he spends many weekends on the Washington Coast catching their images. His photography can be found at www.TimBoyerPhotography.com.
Always on the 4th Tuesday of the month:March 22, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum,** free & open to the public!
**in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
From the Andes to Antarctica: Exploring the Scotia Arc General Membership Meeting
General Membership Meeting Tuesday, February 23rd, 7:00PM Old City Hall, Whatcom Museumwith Lynne Givler and Keith CarpenterFrom the Andes to Antarctica: Exploring the Scotia ArcThe Scotia Arc is a narrow chain of islands in the Southern Ocean linking the southernmost Andes and the Antarctic Peninsula. Join Audubon members Lynne Givler and Keith Carpenter as they share their experience exploring this remarkable region aboard Quark Expedition’s Sea Spirit. Learn about the natural and cultural history of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and venture onward to the South Sandwich Islands, perhaps one of the least visited areas on the planet. Circling back towards the Antarctic Peninsula come ashore at Elephant Island where 22 members of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition survived for 135 days. And finally step foot on the southernmost continent itself. See photos ranging from penguins to icebergs and old whaling stations to southern right whales selected from the hundreds posted by all of the travelers on the ship.Lynne Givler’s passion for natural history began peering into tidepools while pursuing a degree in marine sciences. Only later, working as a marine naturalist, did it strike her that marine birds were just as captivating as marine invertebrates. Keith Carpenter’s fascination with the sea led him from surfing in sunny California to salmon fishing in Alaska. Today he remains in cold water, active in the local reefnet salmon fishery.
Swan Watch!
Please join the Friends of Tenant Lake and Hovander Park for their annual Swan Watch.
It will be held at Tenant Lake on February 13, 2016 from 7 to 10:30 AM.
They will start in the tower to watch these magnificent birds lift off of the lake as they go to their daily feeding grounds. After they leave, there will be a short program and refreshments in the Tenant Lake Interpretive Center.
February 2016 Newsletter and Events are Online
February 2016 Newsletter is OnlineGo to www.northcascadesaudubon.org to download the PDF. (Click "Newsletter" in the menu.)February Events and Field Trips Are OnlineVisit our website to see what's coming up next month. (Upcoming events are listed on the home page as well as on the Calendar.)General Membership Meeting with Lynne Givler and Keith CarpenterNext month's exciting membership meeting! Mark your calendar. See below for date, time, and location.From the Andes to Antarctica: Exploring the Scotia Arc. The Scotia Arc is a narrow chain of islands in the Southern Ocean linking the southernmost Andes and the Antarctic Peninsula. Join Audubon members Lynne Givler and Keith Carpenter as they share their experience exploring this remarkable region aboard Quark Expedition’s Sea Spirit. Learn about the natural and cultural history of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and venture onward to the South Sandwich Islands, perhaps one of the least visited areas on the planet. Circling back towards the Antarctic Peninsula come ashore at Elephant Island where 22 members of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition survived for 135 days. And finally step foot on the southernmost continent itself. See photos ranging from penguins to icebergs and old whaling stations to southern right whales selected from the hundreds posted by all of the travelers on the ship.Lynne Givler’s passion for natural history began peering into tidepools while pursuing a degree in marine sciences. Only later, working as a marine naturalist, did it strike her that marine birds were just as captivating as marine invertebrates. Keith Carpenter’s fascination with the sea led him from surfing in sunny California to salmon fishing in Alaska. Today he remains in cold water, active in the local reefnet salmon fishery.Always on the 4th Tuesday of the month:February 23, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum,** free & open to the public!**in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
Safeguarding Birds of Washington in a Changing Climate
SAFEGUARDING BIRDS OF WASHINGTON IN A CHANGING CLIMATE WITH TRINA BAYARD; TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 7 PMAudubon Washington’s Trina Bayard, Director of Bird Conservation, and Jennifer Syrowitz, Chapter Conservation Director, present dramatic information on what climate change projections mean for our region’s bird life and how you can take action at local and state levels to safeguard birds and their habitats. The presentation is based on The Audubon Birds and Climate Change Report, a first-of-its-kind study predicting how climate change could affect ranges of 588 North American birds. Old City Hall.
January Newsletter and Events are Online
January 2016 Newsletter is Online
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Happy New Year
Thank you, members, for your continued support of our Audubon chapter.
North Cascades Audubon Society would like to extend a warm thanks to each and every member for being a part of our organization in 2015. We recently held our annual holiday potluck at the Lairmont Manor in Fairhaven to provide an opportunity for members to socialize and share their experiences. We also participated in the Christmas Bird Count on December 20 for Whatcom County. The results will be coming in the next newsletter. If you didn’t catch us then, we hope to see you soon.
General Membership Meeting with Audubon Washington's Trina Bayard and Jennifer Syrowitz
This month's exciting membership meeting! Mark your calendar. See below for date, time, and location.
Safeguarding Birds of Washington in a Changing Climate. Can you imagine winter in the Skagit Valley without trumpeter swans, or summers in Minnesota without common loons? According to a first-of-its kind study by National Audubon Society, climate change threatens nearly half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada, including dozens of iconic birds like the common loon, Baltimore oriole and brown pelican. At a local level, the data pinpoint 113 “climate-endangered” bird species that occur in Washington State that may lose 50% or more of their existing range by 2050, according to the projections. Washington species such as the rufous hummingbird, bald eagle and even the currently abundant mallard could lose as much as 75% of their existing range, threatening their long-term survival.To understand the links between where birds live and the climatic conditions that support them, Audubon scientists analyzed 30 years of North American climate data and tens of thousands of historical bird observations from the Audubon Christmas Bird Count and U.S. Geological Survey’s North American Breeding Bird Survey. Understanding those links allows scientists to project where birds are likely to be able to survive – and not survive – in the future. The study, which was funded in part by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has numerous implications for conservation, public policy and further research, and provides a call to action for all of us who care about birds.Come join Audubon Washington’s Director of Bird Conservation, Trina Bayard, and Chapter Conservation Manager, Jennifer Syrowitz, to learn more about what climate change projections mean for the bird life of our region and how you can take action to protect the places on the ground that we know birds will need today and in the future, and work together to reduce the severity of global warming. Together we can build a roadmap to a better future for birds and for ourselves.
Always on the 4th Tuesday of the month:January 26, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum,** free & open to the public!
**in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
SYRE – OPEN FOR BIRDING!
SYRE – OPEN FOR BIRDING!January 7 - February 5, 2016, 12 to 5 PM Thursday through SundayYou’ll see birds from every corner of Whatcom County in our well-loved exhibit that lets you get a good look at our local birds. Want to know more about them? Come by for some of our special birding programs offered by our North Cascades Audubon Society and museum Education staff!
Holiday Potluck
Don’t Miss Our Holiday Potluck on Tuesday, December 8 at the Lairmont Manor in Fairhaven6:00 - 9:00 pmCome join us for a delicious potluck with your fellow North Cascades Audubon members!Bring a dish to share, a plate, utensils, and a glass. There will be live music and singing,Doug Brown will be presenting photos from our 2015 annual campout,and we will be playing a few rounds of bird trivia for prizes!
Nov/Dec Events and Field Trips
Nov/Dec 2015 Newsletter is OnlineGo to www.northcascadesaudubon.org to download the PDF. (Click "Newsletter" in the menu.)Nov/Dec Events and Field Trips Are OnlineVisit our website to see what's coming up this month. (Upcoming events are listed on the home page as well as on the Calendar.)NCAS Holiday PotluckDecember 8 at the Lairmont Manor in Fairhaven, 6:00 - 9:00 pmCome join us for a delicious potluck with your fellow North Cascades Audubon members! Bring a dish to share, a plate, utensils, and a glass. There will be live music and singing,Doug Brown will be presenting photos from our 2015 annual campout, and we will be playing a few rounds of bird trivia for prizes!2015 Christmas Bird CountCheck out our Nov/Dec newsletter for details. Mark your calendars:December 19 (San Juan Ferry Count)If you are interested in participating in the San Juan Ferry CBC please contact Clayton or Linda Snider at 360-738-2232 or Paul Woodcock at vp@northcascadesaudubon.org, 360-380-3356.December 20 (Whatcom County Count)If you are interested in participating in the Bellingham CBC please contact Paul Woodcock at vp@northcascadesaudubon.org, 360-380-3356.General Membership Meeting with Mel WatersThis month's exciting membership meeting! Mark your calendar. See below for date, time, and location.Protecting Our Birds in Flight. For over forty years Mel Walters has helped keep birds safe from structures and electrical facilities. As an environmental biologist and consultant he provides expertise in wildlife and wetland mitigation, endangered species, osprey habitat, erosion control, and avian protection. Currently he manages Puget Sound Energy’s Avian Protection Program - responding to all avian power line incidents and prioritizing areas of concern and actions needed to proactively prevent electrocutions and collisions and improve system reliability. The Avian Protection Program promotes a consistent avian-safe system across PSE’s entire service area. Installation of osprey nests in isolated areas away from power lines, installation of bird guards and installation of flight diverter devices are a few of the techniques used to reduce the impact of the electrical system on bird mortality. Come and find out more about what PSE is doing to protect birds near electrical transmission lines.For more info go to: pse.com/aboutpse/PseNewsroom/MediaKit/4483_Avian_program_brochure.pdfAlways on the 4th Tuesday of the month:November 24th, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum,** free & open to the public!**in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
Collaborating with The Pickford to show The Messenger
The Messenger
Su Rynard’s wide-ranging and contemplative documentary THE MESSENGER explores our deep-seated connection to birds and warns that the uncertain fate of songbirds might mirror our own. Moving from the northern reaches of the Boreal Forest to the base of Mount Ararat in Turkey to the streets of New York, THE MESSENGER brings us face-to-face with a remarkable variety of human-made perils that have devastated thrushes, warblers, orioles, tanagers, grosbeaks and many other airborne music-makers.
On one level, THE MESSENGER is an engaging, visually stunning, emotional journey, one that mixes its elegiac message with hopeful notes and unique glances into the influence of songbirds on our own expressions of the soul. On another level, THE MESSENGER is the artful story about the mass depletion of songbirds on multiple continents, and about those who are working to turn the tide.
In ancient times humans looked to the flight and songs of birds to protect the future. Today once again, birds have something to tell us.
The Pickford is showing The Messenger on Wednesday, October 14 at 6:00pm.
Here’s the website link for The Messenger: http://www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/programs/pickford/the-messenger/
Here’s the full Doctober lineup for The Pickford Theatre: (The Messenger is on page 2): http://www.pickfordfilmcenter.org/tag/doctober
New Cherry Point Bird Survey Class
Calling New and Seasoned Birders alike:November 3, 10, 17, Dec 1, 15, 6-8pmRE Sources Main Room (2nd floor, above the RE Store), 2309 Meridian St.Join us for the third annual birding identification series, featuring 15 common marine birds. This course is specifically designed so that you can take part in our ongoing citizen science census of Cherry Point birds, sponsored by the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve Citizen Stewardship Committee, North Cascades Audubon Society, and RE Sources North Sound Baykeeper. Instructors include Pam Borso, Paul Woodcock, and John Bower. There is no fee. Registration is encouraged; e-mail Lyle Anderson at lyleand2@comcast.net to register.Find the 2014 Cherry Point bird report here: http://www.re-sources.org/programs/cleanwater/whatcom-and-skagit-county-aquatic-reserves
October Newsletter and Events Are Online
October 2015 Newsletter is Online
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October Events and Field Trips Are Online
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NCAS Holiday Potluck
December 8 at the Lairmont Manor.
More information will be coming soon.
General Membership Meeting with Larry Schwitters
This month's exciting membership meeting! Mark your calendar. See below for date, time, and location.
Vaux's Happening. Vaux’s Happening is an ongoing citizen science project, launched nine years ago by local Audubon chapters in the Seattle area to gather the data necessary to make a compelling case for preserving the chimney at the Frank Wagner Elementary School in Monroe. This site has proven to be one of the most significant Vaux’s swift communal migratory roost sites in North America. Vaux’s Happening quickly expanded into an attempt to locate, raise awareness of, and hopefully preserve the important roost sites used by this species all along their migratory path. In the last fifteen migrations the project has documented over seven million Vaux’s swift roosting events from San Diego to the Yukon. Join Larry Schwitters, one of the projects founders and coordinators, who will share images and information captured by the project’s chimney surveillance cameras and precision temperature recorders.Larry Schwitters holds a Master’s of Science degree and spent 30 years in the trenches of public education, mostly as a middle school science teacher and coach in the Seattle area. He spent four years tracking down black swifts at Washington State’s waterfalls for the American Bird Conservancy before his involvement with Audubon’s Vaux’s Happening project. The Vaux’s Happening project was featured in the online issue of the Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Disappearing-Habitats-of-the-Vauxs-Swifts.html) and in High Country News (www.hcn.org/issues/44.12/save-a-chimney-save-a-swift).
Always on the 4th Tuesday of the month:October 27th, 7pm at the Whatcom Museum,** free & open to the public!
**in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall building
September Board Meeting Minutes
NORTH CASCADES AUDUBON SOCIETYBoard Meeting MinutesSeptember 7, 2015 The meeting was called to order by President Pam Borso at 6:30 pm in the meeting room of Woods Coffee on Bay Street.Board Members Present: Pam Borso, Paul Woodcock, Steven Harper, Twink Coffman, Sue Parrott, Ken Salzman, Carol Roberts. Absent: Rae Edwards, Owen Bamford, Steve Irving, Kelley Palmer-McCarty Secretary’s Report: The August report was approved as submitted.Treasurer’s Report: Sue presented the updated treasurer’s report. Questions were raised regarding how to characterize large donations submitted as memberships. It was decided to designate anything over $100 as a donation. Sue noted that $150 in scholarship donations were given to Whatcom Museum for children participating in the summer birding classes. Communications and Input
- Pam reported that she signed on to letters supporting opposition to Army helicopter training flight proposals in North Cascades wilderness areas submitted by Washington State Audubon and Washington Wild.
- The concern by a member regarding links not working on our website turned out to be a non-issue as the member later had no issue with the links.
Unfinished Business
- 150 newsletters were sent out as first class postage and 12 newsletters were given to Wild Bird Chalet to hand out. A new endorsement will be added to the newsletter to request address information on forwarded newsletters.
- The night migration event proposed for John Bower’s home will be put off until next year because of potential family travel issues.
- Ken continues to work on the NSEA eagle presentation on Oct. 3.
- The Pearrygin Lake campout has been firmly scheduled for June 2-5, 2016.
- The December Holiday Event has been firmly scheduled for Dec. 8 at the Lairmont Manor. Carol will coordinate table cloth procurement and other details for the event.
New Business
- Steven asked whether board minutes should be in the newsletter and it was noted that it was past policy that this should be happening. Steven will submit minutes for publication beginning this month.
- The board discussed having a “kids group” participate in the Christmas bird count. Ken will follow up to see if this can be arranged.
- The Syrie Bird Exhibit will be open from approximately Jan. 4 through early February.
- Board agreed to pledge $1000 to Washington State Audubon for 2016.
- ACOW will be in Burlington on October 24. Board members are encouraged to attend. Pam will investigate whether they need volunteers.
- Whatcom County Council has established a Wildlife Advisory Committee and is looking for members. 7 of the 11 members must have technical expertise related to wildlife.
- The Cherry Point Bird Survey training has been scheduled for Tuesdays from Nov. 3 – December 15 with the exception of Nov. 24 and Dec. 8.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:00 pmNext Meeting: October 5, 2015 7:00pm at the WECU Education Center, 311 Holly Street, Bellingham. Steven Harper, Secretary
GARDEN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
GARDEN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Sept. 22 – Oct 8; Tuesdays & Thursdays; 9 am – 2 pm.WSU Extension’s Gardening Green sustainable landscaping class will help you create a beautiful environmentally friendly landscape. Practical information, simple actions, a native plant walk, bird watching walk, and sustainable landscape tours will all help you develop your own oasis that is full of life and birdsong. Visit WSU Extension’s website watcom.wsu.edu for more information or contact Sue Taylor at sl-taylor@comcast.net or 360-671-3891. Class size is limited. Pre-registration required.
Paul Bannick Pre-Lecture tour of his exhibit
Just Added! Seattle Author and Photographer Paul Bannick Offers Pre-Lecture Tour of His Exhibition
The Whatcom Museum is excited to announce a just-added feature to the Paul Bannick event next Tuesday, August 11th. Bannick has offered to lead a pre-event tour of his exhibition, The Owl & The Woodpecker, in Old City Hall at 6pm.
Don't miss this unique chance to see the exhibition, and hear personal stories behind the photos from the artist himself. You'll have the opportunity to learn more about the 25 photographs in the exhibition and ask questions. After the tour, follow Bannick upstairs to the Rotunda Room of Old City Hall, as he shares new program photos and stories from his latest work in the field at 7pm.
Tickets are $10 General admission/$5 Museum members and are on sale through August 10 at BrownPaperTickets.com (event # 1381965) or by calling (800) 838-3006 ext. 1. You may also purchase tickets directly at Whatcom Museum reception desks. All seats are general seating. Space is limited, so purchase your tickets soon, as Paul's previous events at the Museum have been sold out, standing-room-only! Come early to get the seat of your choice; doors open at 5:30pm and any unsold tickets will be sold at the door. Books will be available for sale at the event. This event is co-sponsored by the North Cascades Institute and the North Cascades Audubon Society.
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Paul Bannick at the Whatcom Museum!!
Seattle Author and Photographer Paul Bannick Shares Striking New Images and Stories in "The Owl & The Woodpecker Revisited"
The Whatcom Museum, North Cascades Institute and North Cascades Audubon Society present author and photographer Paul Bannick for a slideshow and lecture in the Rotunda Room of Old City Hall on Tues., Aug. 11, 7pm for "The Owl & the Woodpecker Revisited." Bannick brings the inter-relationships between these two birds into fresh focus with dozens of new images and stories, including many never presented before.
Bannick will share striking new images, videos and stories that provide fresh illumination to the themes of his book and the exhibit. Find out the latest discoveries since the release of his highly acclaimed book, as well as information from his newest title, Woodpeckers of North America. Doors open at 5:30pm, so come early to see Bannick’s exhibition by the same name on display in Old City Hall. The exhibition features 25-large format color photographs, exhibiting some of the most important species of owls and woodpeckers in North America. Books will be available for sale at the event. This event is co-sponsored by the North Cascades Institute and the North Cascades Audubon Society.
Tickets are $10 General admission/$5 Museum members and are on sale through August 10 at BrownPaperTickets.com(event # 1381965) or by calling (800) 838-3006 ext. 1. You may also purchase tickets directly at Whatcom Museum reception desks. All seats are general seating. Space is limited, so purchase your tickets soon, as Paul's previous events at the museum have been sold out, standing-room-only! Come early to get the seat of your choice; doors open at 5:30pm.