October 2024 Shorelines

This is the first issue of the 2024-2025 season. It contains information about the general meeting and program on September 12; Conservation advocacy and updates about the Shoreline Master Plan and County Comprehensive Plan; Purple Martins this summer; birdathon update and more.

Featuring program about American White Pelicans, Wings over Whidbey Bird Festival program, President’s farewell, Birdathon teams, etc.

Promoting Owl photographer program that didn’t happen due to a misunderstanding about the date.

Program for March 14 is hybrid featuring David Droppers, “Shining a Light on Moths”; Nominating Committee; Field Trips at Deception Pass State Park; Wings over Whidbey Bird Festival planning, etc.

Monthly general meeting program, “Measuring the Heartbeat of the Planet — through Birds” with Brian Sullivan of Cornell Labs of Ornithology. Call for nominations for 2024-2025 President and Vice President, field trips coming up including planning for a trip to Costa Rica and more. Learn how armoring shorelines disturbs habitat. Comment now to the Comprehensive Plan to protect Deer Lagoon. Read about care of overwintering Annas Hummingbirds.

New format using MailChimp

Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue; Upcoming Field Trip; What Do Pigeon Guillemot Folks Do With Data?; Board Cabinet and Committees;Conservation Matters: Neotropical Migratory Bird Act, Establish Native Plants in Fall, Weed Wrangling; Envisioning Keystone; Sightings; Birding in Neighborhoods North; Splendid Fall Migrations (BIN South); Specimen Librarian Warns Against Handling Dead Birds; Volunteer Corner: Refreshments for meetings, Program Support for meetings, Why Volunteer?; Dates to Remember; Corrections; Purple Martins 2023; and Membership Is Strong.

Meeting Explores Life on the Rocks, Upcoming Field Trips, President’s Column, Chirps for Volunteers, Sightings, BIN South’s Summer, BIN North’s Summer, Avian Flu, Dead Eagle Found at Lagoon Point, Conservation Matters, Twenty Years of Guillemot Research, Page Peepers Read Alex & Me, Birds ’n’ Beer Might Fly to the Pubs, Bird Class is Brimming, Dogs and Bird Habitats, Bird of the Month: Wilson’s Warbler, Dates to Remember, Birdathon 2023 Was Over the Top, An Afternoon of Raptors.

Contents: Celebrating Birds and Birders, Birding Whidbey Island: A Guide, President’s Column, Wings over Whidbey Roundup, WAS Board and Cabinet Contacts, 2023 Scholarships, 2023 Birdathon Results, Pigeon Guillemot Appreciation, Sightings, Birding in the Neighborhoods South Enjoys Deer Lagoon, etc., Birding in the Neighborhoods North Explores Pacific Rim Institute, Purple Martin Majesty, Contribute to Science, Birding Pal, Dates to Remember, Whidbey Audubon Bird Class Status, Editor’s Column: It’s Time to Go, New and Renewing Members, Membership form and Exploring the Website.

Wings over Whidbey Bird Festival, The Bird in the Hand, Flock to the Fun — Birdathon 2023, President’s Column, Annual Hosted Dinner Meeting, Sightings, Weeds Wrangled/Habitat Improved, Conservation Matters, Birding in Neighborhoods South Having Fun at Deer Lagoon, Birding in Neighborhoods North Visits Swan Lake/West Beach, New and Renewing Members, Upcoming Field Trips, Bird of the Month: Olive-sided Flycatcher, Dates to Remember, Global Big Day May 13, Wings over Whidbey Schedule, Introducing Salish Sea Guillemot Network Coordinator, Membership form.

Join us at the Coupeville Rec Hall on April 13 for a program about COASST, Seabirds, Citizen Science and Saving the World.

Get your Birdathon Team in gear to support Whidbey Audubon.

Signup now for the dinner on May 11.

Get involved in Wings over Whidbey, our first Bird Festival, May 18-20.

Much more.

Contents The Most Overlooked Birds in North America: Females 1 Upcoming Field Trips 1 President’s Column 2 Board and Cabinet Contacts 2 Birthday Games: The Path to 65 3 Sightings 4 Bird of the Month: Oystercatcher 5 bin South 6 bin North 7 Nature Improves Our Mental Mindsets 8 Dates to Remember 8 New and Renewing Members 8 Page Peepers Meets on January 25 9 2023 Scholarship Season 9

Contents: Program: What is a Raptor Anyways?; Upcoming Field Trip; Native Plants Enhance Garden Habitat; Update on Aviation System Planning; Online Class: Winter Waterfowl; Wings Over Whidbey Festival; Weed Work Parties at Deer Lagoon; Sightings; BIN North Explores Freund’s Marsh; BIN South Welcomes Ducks; Field Trip Report: Fort Ebey State Park; Pigeon Guillemot Survey Season; Bird of the Month: Purple Martin; Dates to Remember; New and Renewing Members; Membership Form and Board and Cabinets

Monthly program with Martha Jordan, White Swans of Winter,