Join Steve and Martha Ellis for a general meeting program highlighting the mysterious puffin family.

The focus will be on the six species on the Whidbey checklist, plus one more that should be added. Tips for identification will be given, along with information about nesting.

Steve and Martha Ellis

Included will be a hands-on display of specimens from the Whidbey Audubon Society’s collection. You’ll have the opportunity to view these alcids up close.

It’s fitting the WAS program year leads off with alcids, since Pigeon Guillemot is the chapter’s official symbol. By the end of the program, we hope you’ll agree that guillemots and other alcids are indeed enigmatic, enchanting and inspiring.

Doors open at 7 p.m. for socializing followed by a brief meeting at 7:15 when the winning Birdathon team raising the most money for WAS will be announced and be given the Bronze Owl Bank award.

The free program begins at 7:30 p.m. and the public is welcome. Note the new location, the Nordic Hall on Jacobs Road, for this in-person event.

About the presenters: Steve is a former WAS president and writes a blog for the Whidbey Camano Land Trust. Martha is a member of the Washington Native Plant Society and is an avid nature photographer. Together they’ve given talks and led field trips for over 30 years.