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The Umpqua Valley Audubon Society welcomes birders and nature enthusiasts to occasional field trips, programs, birding classes and other activities that encourage enjoyment, appreciation and protection of the beautiful valleys of the Umpqua. Umpqua Valley Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society serving central and coastal Douglas County, Oregon. For 100 years, Audubon has protected birds, wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of all life. Among National Audubon’s priorities are: saving the most important places for birds; combating climate change and mitigating its impacts; building bird-friendly communities and cities; protecting or seas and shores; and collaborating with foresters, rangers, farmers, and other landowners to make working lands work for birds. |
Upcoming Events· Elkton weekly guided bird walks Weekly guided bird walks are now being conducted in Elkton. Walks are held every Wednesday at 10:00AM, starting at the Alfred Tyson City Park right on the banks of the Umpqua River. Parking and restrooms are available. To reach the park, turn left on 2nd Street and follow the City Park signs. The walk is approximately 2 miles long, with a route out to the gardens of the Elkton Community Education Center and back. These are not Umpqua Valley Audubon events – so just goes to show you how much wonderful birding stuff is going on in the Valleys of the Umpqua! Questions----call Jim Scott 541-670-9189 · Spring Swift Watch throughout May When: Around sunset, Wednesday evenings during May, 2013 Where: Fir Grove section of Stewart Park off Harvard Avenue behind the Umpqua Valley Arts Center Vaux’s Swifts (pronounced “vawks”) nest only in Western North America, migrating to Central and South America for the winter and then back to the Pacific Northwest and Canada for the summer. Each year, Swifts use the chimney behind the Umpqua Valley Arts Center in the Fir Grove section of Stewart Park off of Harvard Avenue as a communal roost site during their annual northern and southern migrations. Dozens or hundreds of Swifts drop into the chimney at sunset to spend the night. Historically, communal roost sites were in storm or fire damaged big old trees. As big old trees have become less numerous, the birds have adapted to using old industrial chimneys. (Continued on page 2) |
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Online Birding Group: Birding links: Opportunities for Citizen Science with Cornell Other Links: |
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Click here to join Audubon and the Umpqua Valley Audubon Society. Please select our Chapter code (T56) on the drop-down menu on the form! If the hyperlink doesn’t work (the “web goddess” this website is a novice), please send an e-mail to info@umpquaaudubon.org, and we’ll e-mail you the membership link. |
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UMPQUABIRDS: This group shares information on birds in the Umpqua River Basin and/or Douglas County, Oregon. We report birds we have observed, share good places to go birding, ask questions about identification and habitat, share photos, etc. Come join us in learning more about birds in our area! Go to http://www.umpquabirds.org/emaillist.htm for more information or contact Matt Hunter, 541.670.1984 |
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UVAS leadership: President—Diana Wales Secretary—Beth Brown Treasurer—Kathy Vejtasa Board Member/Conservation Chair—Stan Vejtasa Board Member/Past President—Mark Hamm Board Member—Linda Smith Board Member—Bill Fuller
Newsletter—Barbara Taylor Birders Group—Ron Maertz
To contact us: P.O. Box 381 Roseburg, Oregon 97470
E-mail: info@umqpuaaudubon.org We’d like to add you to our e-mail list.
If you’d like to receive e-mail notices of upcoming events, please send your name and e-mail address to: info@umpquaaudubon.org.
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