Authors. Prior to Sept., 2010, unless otherwise noted, Dave Jackson is the author of the column. All columns in 2012 are by Denny AFMJ Van Horn. [AFMJ you ask? Denny explains this in paragraph two of his March, 2012 column.]
Columns here may be slightly longer (new contents in brackets) if interesting material had to be trimmed to fit the space constraints of the Gazette. I didn't have room, for example, in my column on Peeps (Oct, 2007) to mention that I was wearing the dreaded white T-shirt, as I would have needed extra space to explain to a general audience why we avoid white when birding. My white shirt didn't seem to bother the peeps one bit. ;-)
Material in italics was all or mostly time sensitive. It promoted an upcoming OPAS monthly meeting and is retained here for completeness.
2013
- A Tale of Owls (Mar, 2013)
- Birders of the Fanatical Kind (Feb, 2013)
- Year of the ... (Jan, 2013)
2012
- A Tale of Two CBCs (Dec, 2012)
- Doing Lunch (Nov, 2012)
- Any Good Birds Out There? (Oct, 2012)
- 1953 -- Grandpa's Lesson (Sep, 2012)
- Seagulls 101: Hatching a Gull (Aug, 2012)
- Chasing a Code 5 Bird (Jul, 2012)
- Those "Trash" Birds Can Be Terrific (Jun, 2012)
- Hard Flights Home (May, 2012)
- Feeding Betty! (Apr, 2012)
- A Birder's Tall Tale (Mar, 2012)
- Birdwatchers: Who are They? (Feb, 2012)
- No column in January
2011
- Invasion From the North (Dec, 2011; by Bob Boekelheide)
- A Single Day in a Clallam County Big Year, 2010 (Nov, 2011; by Denny Van Horn)
- Wintertime Swans (Oct, 2011; by Mary Porter-Solberg)
- Backyard Birding (Sep, 2011; by Anonymous)
- Citizen Scientists and Song Sparrows (Aug, 2011; by Bob Boekelheide)
- Swallows Enjoying our Summer Skies (Jul, 2011; by Ken Wiersema)
- Our Birdathon Adventure IV (Jun, 2011; by Dave Jackson)
- Flight of the Pauraque (May, 2011; by Bob Iddins)
- Build It and They Will Come (Apr, 2011; by Melissa Coughlin)
- Local Birding Events (Mar, 2011; by Bob Iddins)
- Be Part of the Big Picture (Feb, 2011; by Shirley Anderson)
- Christmas Bird Count Highlights (Jan, 2011; by Dave Jackson)
2010
- Christmas Bird Counts are Coming! (Dec, 2010; by Bob Boekelheide)
- Winter Hummingbirds (Nov, 2010; by Karen Zook)
- Nest Sweet Nest: How Birds Build Homes (Oct, 2010; by Shirley Anderson)
- Starting with Chickadees (Sep, 2010; by Melissa Coughlin)
- Birding on the Road (Aug, 2010)
- Finding Birds for Fun and Bucks (July, 2010)
- Our Birdathon Adventure III (June, 2010)
- Spring Warblers Arrive (May, 2010)
- Bird Names: Commemorative to Comical (Apr, 2010)
- Sequim's Winter Singers (Mar, 2010)
- Stalking Sequim Snowbirds (Feb, 2010)
- Inside a Christmas Bird Count (Jan, 2010)
2009
- No Swan Song for Sequim Swans (Dec, 2009)
- How Birds Cope with Deep Snow in the Olympics (Nov, 2009)
- New CDs Draw Interest in Sequim (Oct, 2009)
- Having Fun Doing Science in the Park -- interview with Bob Boekelheide (Sep, 2009)
- Crafty Ravens Enlist Cars as Nutcrackers (Aug, 2009)
- Asian Vagrant Does Stint Near Sequim (Jul, 2009; by Bob Hutchison)
- Fitting Finale to the Fling (Jun, 2009)
- Our Birdathon Adventure II (May, 2009)
- Voices of Spring (Apr, 2009)
- Rufous Hummingbirds Follow the Blooms (Mar, 2009)
- I've Got a Little List (Feb, 2009)
- Merlins in the Olympics -- interview with David Drummond (Jan, 2009)
2008
- Chilly, Chile and Chili (Dec, 2008)
- Fall and Winter Flocks (Nov, 2008)
- Stellar Steller's Jays (Oct, 2008)
- Turkey Vultures Crossing the Strait -- interview with Diann MacRae (Sep, 2008)
- Are You 'Gullable'? (Aug, 2008)
- Swoopers (Jul, 2008)
- Nest Location Matters (Jun, 2008)
- Our Birdathon Adventure (May, 2008)
- Birding by Ear (Apr, 2008)
- Spring Changing of the Guard (Mar, 2008)
- Learning to Identify Birds (Feb, 2008)
- Raptors in Winter (Jan, 2008)
2007
- Snowbirds in Sequim (Dec, 2007)
- Christmas Birds (Nov, 2007)
- Peeps on the Move (Oct, 2007)
- Bald Eagle (Sept, 2007; by Bob Hutchison)