Public Station KPLU highlights new Puget Loop. Listen here for winter birds and birders.

One Audubon—National BOD member, WA State and Seward Center staff, Seattle chapter plus Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Assistant to the Director, and State Parks planner admire Boo the Great Horned Owl from Wolftown wildlife rehabilitation center at Puget Loop unveiling. Photo © John Riegsecker

You're Invited!

Audubon Washington cordially invites you to the official unveiling of the newest—the seventh and final—map of The Great Washington State Birding Trail; the Puget Loop. Special guest: Phil Anderson, WDFW Director and LIVE BIRDS like those seen on this route:
a Great Horned Owl and Red-Tailed Hawk.

9:15 - 9:30 am · January 25, 2012
United Churches of Olympia at 110 11th Avenue Southeast
in Olympia, WA

Please join us to explore the latest area of the state to offer the Birding Trail's successful combination of recreation, conservation and economic development. For more information, contact Christi Norman via email.

The 7th and final route of the Great Washington State Birding Trail rolled off the press Thanksgiving weekend. Details here. Order your Puget Loop today – and the six previous maps to have your own statewide set.

“The Big Year” movie inspires Outdoors article on Washington state’s local listers who turn bird-watching into an extreme sport.

The publication that highlights life on the Kitsap Peninsula has a feature on newest Birding Trail map.

The Birding Trail joins Tahoma Audubon on CityLine broadcast Dec. 8, 2011 (3-minute interview starts at 35 minutes into program.

San Juan County Journal columnist Peggy Butler enlightens us about these colorful avian neighbors whose name has – you guessed it! – nothing to do with how or what they eat. See article here.

The November issue of Connections, the newsletter of Washington State Parks, features the Puget Loop, which has 13 main sites and several “More Birding” spots located in parks around the Sound and in the San Juans.

Audubon Washington is proud to debut a new look on this website: the beautiful bird paintings of Seattle wildlife artist Ed Newbold, whose creative, original work illustrates the maps of the Great Washington State Birding Trail. See all the maps here.

Whether you’re hooked on backyard birding or want to venture further afield, check out these superb birding blogs: Conservation Catalyst, Flyways and Byways, and Photonorthwest.

Wherever you live, whatever the season, use the maps of the birding trail to guide you to the best birding in Washington. Read, see, and order or download the maps here.

And gifts for those who love them! Give friends and family – or yourself! – a set of the Great Washington State Birding Trail maps, only $4.95 each. Click here now.