Monthly Programs
Banner photo by Jann Ledbetter
Next General Meeting Program: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Our monthly programs feature a guest speaker presenting a subject of interest to those who love birds. We have nine programs a year, with no program in July, August and December, on the second Thursday of the month, and they are free and open to the public. Drop by and enjoy the company as we all learn something new from our featured guest. See our Calendar or Events List for upcoming programs.
General Program Meeting:
Alcids — Enigmatic, Enchanting, Inspiring
Thursday, September 11 at 7 p.m.
Nordic Hall, 63 Jacobs Road, Coupeville
Join Steve and Martha Ellis for a general meeting program highlighting the mysterious puffin family.
Our 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.
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. Please remember that WAS has all the necessary state and federal permits that allow specimens to be used for educational purposes.
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.
Also being announced will be the winner of the coveted Bronze Owl Bank (BOB) award which is presented to the team which raised the greatest number of species during May’s Birdathon.
Volunteers are needed to bring sweet or savory snacks and help set up the room. Please go to the Whidbey Audubon website volunteer page. In the left-hand column, fill in your name and contact information, select the box “Events, Field Trips and Tabling” and describe what you can bring or do in the comment section. Then click on “Submit.” Thank you.
The next general membership meeting is October 9 at the Coupeville Recreation Hall. How Birds Fly: the Science and Art of Avian Flight with Peter Cavanagh.
Watch our March 2025 program here
Connie is a master birder, a former board member of Birds Connect Seattle (formerly Seattle Audubon Society), a current member of the Conservation Committee, the chair of BCS’s Publications Committee, an environmental educator and the author of four books about nature that focus on the Union Bay Natural Area at the Center for Urban Horticulture.
Learn about our previous programs in the gallery below! Hover over the poster image for a description. There is often a recording of the program available.
