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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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  • May Bird of the Month

    Common Snipe By Lesley McGalliard Want to go on a Snipe hunt? For many years, that has been a fun kid’s game at summer camps and parties. In reality, our Common Snipe is a shorebird that makes its home in the wetland of Kittitas County and other places along the northern continental United States. A…

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  • May Meeting

    General Meeting Thursday May 16th – Hal Holmes The Snoqualmie I-90 Wildlife Overpass — History and Update We all travel over Snoqualmie Pass, and perhaps wonder about the recently built Wildlife Overpass that everyone speeds under each way. How’s it doing? Does it help wildlife, and are they finding it? Our Audubon meeting in May…

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  • April Bird of the Month

    Dark Eyed Junco By Meghan Anderson These smallish sparrows are among the most abundant forest birds of North America. They are often on woodland walks and also can be observed regularly on the First Saturday Bird Walk at Irene Rinehart Park. You’ll also find them at your feeders, although they prefer to forage on, or…

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  • April Meeting

    General Meeting Thursday April 18th — 7:00 PM @ Hal Holmes Raptor Rehabilitation Kittitas Audubon Society has enjoyed a long relationship with the Blue Mountain Wildlife Organization and their Raptor Rehabilitation program. This includes sometimes sending injured birds to them! For our April program, they have graciously agreed to visit with us via Zoom from…

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  • Climate-WA

    Washington State and Initiative 2117 Washington Audubon is gearing up to defend our state’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA), a foundational climate law that provides billions of dollars in resources for conservation and climate action. The Act is one of the strongest cap and invest programs in the country. This November, repealing the CCA will be…

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  • March Bird of the Month

    THE BARN OWL By Lesley McGalliard This pale and beautiful owl is the perfect subject for the end of our snowy winter! Called the Barn Owl for its propensity to choose a nest in a barn or group of hay bales, this medium-sized owl has a ghostly appearance when flying, with its white belly and…

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