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Spotted Owl Still Declining

Audubon magazine’s Editor-at-large Ted Williams headed into the wild with Audubon Washington’s Executive Director Nina Carter, wildlife photographer Paul Bannick, and other experts to explore the status of the Northern Spotted Owl. Click here for story.

Mark Your Calendar:

2009 Legislative Workshop
January 10th
The Legislative Workshop will be on Saturday, January 10th, 9:30 AM - 2:15 PM at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle. This annual event is your opportunity to be involved as the state’s leading conservation groups prepare for the upcoming legislative session. You’ll hear from legislators, environmental lobbyists, and others regarding the community's Environmental Priorities. Click here to register today.

Lobby Day
February 19th
This year's Environmental Priorities Lobby Day will be on Thursday, February 19th in Olympia. Lobby Day is an all-day event attended by hundreds of people like you from around the state, featuring face-to-face meetings with legislators, lobbying training, issue briefings, keynote speakers, and a reception in the evening. Click here for details.

Birds and Birders Make the News

Washington offers great winter birding, and the popular pastime of watching our avian neighbors is making headlines statewide. Both the Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer featured birding outings, the Skagit Valley Herald highlighted eagles, while the papers in Twisp, Tri-Cities and Vancouver covered the Christmas Bird Count.

Toyota Fellowship Puts Bird Conservation Guide Online

Audubon Washington’s Director of Development, Barbara Sacerdote, will use a TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership grant to make IBA conservation accessible to communities. Read more here.

Election Results Bring Conservation Opportunity and Need for Action

Read how Audubon will join with others in the environmental community to ensure that our newly elected leaders lead the way on issues vital to our environment, our economy and diversity of life on Earth (click here).

Meet the Talking Tree

Seward Park Audubon & Environmental Center features programs for all ages. Check out the Eco-Explorations in Seattle.

Audubon Impact Documents Results

Read the latest edition of our new quarterly newsletter. Front page story highlights windpower.

Flock supports new routes of the Great Washington State Birding Trail

A whole new flock of Washingtonians – including tribal members, tourism promoters, artists and businesspeople – are crowing about birds and birders as Audubon’s Great Washington State Birding Trail prepares to create new loops from Ellensburg through Tri-Cities to the Palouse and northward. Read more here.

Featured Bird!

Marsh Wren
The Marsh Wren’s nest is a woven globe, with side entrance, attached to vegetation. After the male builds several nests in spring, the female chooses one; the others probably act as decoys for predators.

Homepage Banner Photo Credits: Shrub-steppe Deer, Tom Moore; Great Blue Heron, Hooded Mergansers, Snow Geese and Mt. Rainier, jefflarsen.com; 3-photo collage, Bob Boekelheide, Carl Cook. “List Our Birds” Eagle, jefflarsen.com.