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  • January Meeting

    General MeetingThursday January 16th 7:00 PM @ Hal Holmes Birds of the Amazon: Ecological Research & Conservation in the SE Peruvian Amazon”  Presented by Dr. Ursula Valdez  The Peruvian Amazonia is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, and thousands of species are distributed in this region. Unfortunately, many bird species and their habitats…

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  • ColorBird

    ColorBird was created by Michael Erb, a birder in Arizona. He’s been fascinating by these tiny, feathered dinosaurs for a long time. They’re interesting, colorful, and wonderfully diverse. At ColorBird, you can find illustrations to download and color. So, grab some colored pencils, markers, paints, or crayons and explore the world of birds! From tropical…

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  • Christmas Bird Count

    On Saturday, December 21st, Kittitas Audubon will embark on its 46th CBC, participating in the longest-running community science survey in the world. The very first count occurred 125 years ago, a result of the concern for decreasing bird populations harvested mainly for ladies’ fashions. (Feathers are gorgeous.) Here’s how each count works! No matter the…

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  • Basic Birding Class in Ellensburg

    Coming in the Spring of 2025 Kevin O’Malley will be teaching a birding basics class for beginning & advancing birders wanting to further their knowledge about birding. Class will focus on bird language, behavior, habitats, nests, skulls & bird tracks. You will learn to talk about what birds you are seeing and hearing. Binoculars are…

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  • November Meeting

    THE DINOSAURS AMONGST US Virtually all paleontologist agree that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and most even go so far as to state that birds are, in fact, living dinosaurs. The flood of new data coming from newly discovered fossil beds – primarily from China – has only solidified that position. Come learn about the structural…

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  • October Meeting

    The wolverine (Gulo Gulo, as he is known scientifically) is an intrepid and solitary carnivore,historically ranging throughout North America’s most rugged and remote regions. However, humanpersecution decimated their populations, and it seemed that wolverines might disappear from much oftheir wild homeland. Today, they are recovering in the contiguous U.S. and sightings of the elusiveGulo are…

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