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The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society promotes birding, conservation of habitat, and biological diversity on the Olympic Peninsula through our education and conservation efforts.

News (details)

  • Overnight Summaries of Postings to OPAS News (DJ, 1/26)
  • Jan-Feb Harlequin Happenings now posted (DJ, 1/07)

Near-term Birding Field Trips
Skagit & Snohomish Counties, Sat/Sun, Feb 7/8
Local Bays and Shores II, Sat, Feb 18
Details of OPAS Trips

Upcoming Meetings
General Meeting (Wed, Feb 15, 7 p.m.) -- Wild Olympics Campaign, presented by Jon Owen and Jim Gift.
Full description in latest newsletter (see link at left)

Bird Classes
Corvids in Winter, Sat. Jan. 28; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- by Ken Wiersema (details on River Center website)
Great Backyard Bird Count, Sat, Feb 18 -- led by Ken Wiersema and Shirley Anderson
Details of Backyard Birder Series

Bird Sightings (details)

  • Short-eared Owl & Barn Owls (DJ, 1/20)
  • Mockingbird in PA (DJ, 1/19)
  • Emperor Geese on Dungeness Spit (DJ, 1/12)

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    News

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    Overnight Summaries of Postings to OPAS News
    I (DJ) am integrating the overnight summary program for OPAS News with our new Salesforce database. If you don't receive expected overnight email messages in the short run, please be patient.
    Posted by Dave Jackson on 1/26.

    Jan-Feb Harlequin Happenings now posted
    ... on this website. To display, click the News link (at the top of this page), then top item in left-hand menu.
    Posted by Dave Jackson on 1/07.


    Bird Sightings

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    Short-eared Owl & Barn Owls
    Barb and I [Norrie Johnson] went out for a drive this afternoon [Thurs, Jan 19] and spotted a Short-eared Owl with dinner sitting on the fence just north of Les Jone's pond on the Three Crabs rd. We also spotted a Barn Owl hunting the wetlands just west of the Three Crabs restaurant. We also spotted another Barn Owl sitting on a fence post just past the schoolhouse on Towne rd. All of these were between 4 and 5 this afternoon.
    Posted by Dave Jackson on 1/20.

    Mockingbird in PA
    [Tweeters posting]: Found a Northern Mockingbird about 10:00 this morning [Thurs, Jan 19] at 11th and Peabody in Port Angeles. It flew across the intersection and perched on power wires over the alley to the NW before flying off in that direction. Lots of Robins and Starlings flying about the area, but the Mockingbird wasnt really mixed in with the flocks.

    Scott Gremel
    Port Angeles,WA
    Posted by Dave Jackson on 1/19.

    Emperor Geese on Dungeness Spit
    Yesterday (1/11/2012), I (Dow Lambert) headed out on Dungeness Spit at 11:30 AM to look for the two Emperor Geese that Sue Chickman first reported on 12/31/2011. I had only glimpsed them briefly late this past Monday afternoon, when they were east of Graveyard Spit and out about a mile. Much to my very pleasant surprise, I found the two geese about a mile and a half out on the Spit, foraging alone along the shore on the bay side. For 90 minutes they slowly worked their way west along the shore to about the one-mile post, before turning around and heading east again. They did not seem to mind me, or several other people who I shared the birds with, as we stood up on the crest of the Spit to watch them.

    I’ve posted some photos at: http://www.mastdog.com/DowMar/Birding/EmperorGoose.asp.
    Posted by Dave Jackson on 1/12.


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    OPAS News et al poster: opasnews@olybird.org
    Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society -- Tom Montgomery, President -- helgatom@olypen.com, 360-683-8230
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