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September / October 2011 Whistler is Online

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Click to Download the pdfThe September / October 2011 Whistler
is available now.

Read more of its content:

  • WHAS Summer Picnic;
  • Update on Backyard Bird Calendar;
  • WHAS Movie Series;
  • Member Form;
  • Bird Quiz;
  • WHAS Kids Day Story;
  • Sapsuckers – Persistent birds drill into, but usually do not harm trees;
  • Introducing WHAS volunteers;
  • Fall ACOW;
  • WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

Rainier's Vaux's Swifts fall update

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Vaux Swift in Rainier OR

Upon learning that 3,000 Vaux's Swifts were observed at Chapman School in Portland the other night, Darrel Whipple decided to check out Carpet One in Rainier.  Result was Carpet One - 0, Rainier's Old Hall (Big Green) - 82. The migrating swifts are dropping into the tallest chimney in Big Green (the northwest corner, behind City Hall). Some were observed there during the northward migration in May,

Read more: Rainier's Vaux's Swifts fall update

Check out our bird lists

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Do you know about our bird lists?

You will find different bird lists in the "Wildlife Watching & Sightings" section. Russ Koppendrayer just updated the Cowlitz County bird list adding this: "We have surpassed our best year ever with 4 months to go, and the question now is weather we can break the 200 barrier".

The list provides you with information about this year's bird sightings by date and location.

National Coverage of Proposed Coal Terminal in Longview

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It's not too often that our little corner of the world makes the national presses, but over the past months friends and families have alerted us to Longview popping up in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times or other far away papers because of the proposed coal terminal.  The most recent Natural Resources Defense Council magazine, On Earth, has a long article about coal with considerable text dedicated to the proposed terminal in Longview.  The Sierra Club magazine, Sierra, included an article on the Longview proposal earlier in the spring.

July / August 2011 Whistler is Online

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Whistler coverThe July / August 2011 Whistler
is available now.

Read more of its content:

  • WHAS Bird-A-Thon Information;
  • Whistler Subscription Change for National Members;
  • Member Form, WHAS News;
  • Birding Steigerwald NWR;
  • Wildlife Sightings; Tid Bits;
  • Book Review: Sandhill and Whooping Cranes;
  • Making your Windows safe for Birds;
  • WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

 

Read about WHAS members in the Daily News

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Recently WHAS members Russ and Ann Kastberg as well as John and Margaret Green were featured in an Article in the Daily News. The article shows how one can create a large or small garden to suit different animals. To read more check the Daily News article.

May / June 2011 Whistler is Online

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Whistler coverThe May / June 2011 Whistler
is available now.

Read more of its content:

  • WHAS Bird-A-Thon Invitation;
  • Leadership Change;
  • Thank ou to our past president;
  • Member Form, WHAS News;
  • A Fathers Day Message;
  • Backyard Birding Update;
  • Primal Warbling Column;
  • Event Updates;
  • Bird-A-Thon form;
  • Alert email list;
  • WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

Call for bird photos

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The WHAS Backyard Bird Calendar committee is looking for good quality photos for our 2012 Backyard Bird Calendar. Last year was our first attempt at a fundraising calendar. This year we want to print more and sell them at larger venues. If you are a bird photographer or know a bird photographer we are looking for photos of birds to include either in the larger photo that will go above each month or smaller photos that we’ll include in the calendar portion.

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you’d like to contribute photos or would like to help distribute and sell calendars.

Bird spring migration maps

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Spring Migration for 31 birds

Thanks to one of our members, who sent in an email with the link, here is a great source to learn more about spring migration for up to 31 different bird species. From the eNature website: "For each species shown below, we have created spring migration maps that show the winter range, the migratory path, and the dates when you might expect to see the first arrivals in your area." (Thanks John for the link.)

Click here to see the maps.

March / April 2011 Whistler is Online

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Whistler coverThe March / April 2011 Whistler
is available now.

Read more of its content:

  • Invitation to the Annual Member Meeting with Program: “Landscaping for Wildlife” by Ann Kastberg
  • Program "Remote Arctic Wilderness Wildlife” by Russian Biologist Vasily Baranyuk
  • Member Form, WHAS News;
  • Bird Quiz;
  • Nelson Creek Update; Bald Eagle Survey;
  • Amphibian Surveys;
  • Earth Day Volunteers needed;
  • WHAS Bylaws change;
  • Backyard Birding; Program Impressions;
  • CBC Results for Cowlitz Columbia and Wahkiakum county circles;
  • WHAS Programs and Field Trips;

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