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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)

May-June Harlequin Happenings ... (DJ, 5/01)
Verifying your Personal Profile in our New RC-OPAS Database (DJ, 4/20)

Near-term Birding Field Trips
Lost Mountain, Sat, Jun 9
Neah Bay, Tues, Jun 19
Details of OPAS Trips

Upcoming Meetings
General Meeting (Wed, Jun 20, potluck dinner at 6 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m.) -- our own Shirley Anderson will present "Getting Our Young People Unplugged and Involved with Nature."
No meetings in July and August
General Meeting (Wed, Sep 19, potluck dinner at 6 p.m.; meeting at 7 p.m.)

Bird Classes
Spring for Swallows, Sat, May 19. Details
Late Spring Birding by Ear Thurs, Jun 21; repeated Sat, Jun 23
Early Shorebirds and Gulls Thurs, Jul 19; repeated Sat, Jul 21
Middle Shorebirds and Gulls Thurs, Aug 16; repeated Sat, Aug 18

Backyard Birder
Birds Out of the Nest Sat, Jun 2

Spring Fling (details)

"Spring for Swallows" class on Sat, May 19 (DJ, 5/10)

Bird Sightings (details)

Sandhill Crane near Port Angeles (DJ, 5/16)
Mountain Bluebird at Dungeness Rec Area (DJ, 4/30)

Links to Bird Photos

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News

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May-June Harlequin Happenings ...
... is now posted on this website. Click News at the top of this (Home) page, then click the top link in the left-hand menu.
Posted by Dave Jackson on 5/01.

Verifying your Personal Profile in our New RC-OPAS Database
You now have the opportunity to verify your personal profile in our new database. See details at http://www.olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org/shell.php?page=home_DB_info .
Posted by Dave Jackson on 4/20.

Bird Sightings

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Sandhill Crane near Port Angeles
Judy Mullally reports: a Sandhill Crane has been hanging out at the golf course at Four Seasons Ranch. [East side of Morse Creek. Ask a resident friend to invite you in. Ed]
Posted by Dave Jackson on 5/16.

Mountain Bluebird at Dungeness Rec Area
On Thursday, 4/26, I (Dow Lambert) found a female Mountain Bluebird in the upper meadow on the west side of Voice of America Road in the Dungeness Rec Area (aka county park). I’ve seen it morning and afternoon for four days now, so it seems to like it up there. If you park on the left where the horse trailers park (just past the RV clean-out station), and walk up the path at either end of the parking area, you can often see it sitting on one of the many fence posts along the west side of the meadow. If you don’t see it immediately, cross the meadow and walk along the fence line and it will likely show itself. I’ve posted a few pictures at the following links. Dow http://www.mastdog.com/DowMar/Birding/Images/MountainBluebird_7091.jpg http://www.mastdog.com/DowMar/Birding/Images/MountainBluebird_7122.jpg http://www.mastdog.com/DowMar/Birding/Images/MountainBluebird_7136.jpg http://www.mastdog.com/DowMar/Birding/Images/MountainBluebird_7162.jpg http://www.mastdog.com/DowMar/Birding/Images/MountainBluebird_7149.jpg
Posted by Dave Jackson on 4/30.

Spring Fling

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"Spring for Swallows" class on Sat, May 19
Details of Ken Wiersema's class are available in a PDF at http://www.olympicpeninsulaaudubon.org/pdf/Spring_for_swallows_2012.pdf.
Posted by Dave Jackson on 5/10.