The Artisan Winds Flute Trio consisting of Brigitte Chase, Cathy Vandendoel, and Cynthia Ferguson graced us with an array of eleven beautiful bird-themed songs and bird-inspired artwork that consisted of watercolor birds on antique sheet music, handspun knitted birds,...

Six adventurers kept their distance as we viewed waterfowl, other birds, and habitat conditions at the Stewart Park Wildlife Area. On overpopulation of waterfowl has, over time, facilitated the erosion of most of the soil near the north and south ends of the parking...

River Forks Park, Douglas County, OR–At 0900, February 29, 2020, Matt Hunter met with six others to do a little exploring for animal tracks, bird sounds, and early buds and blooms at River Forks County Park a few miles NW of Roseburg, OR. This field trip was made...

On Dec. 2nd, Matt Hunter offered a bird walk at Ford's Pond and I was the only initial participant with Mark Hamm arriving later. We had not gone far along the pond's southern edge from the parking lot, when Matt pointed out there was a 1st year male Bufflehead very...

We had a wet day, but I was amazed at the happy and smiling faces at our countdown dinner. Despite the rain people enjoyed the day and had fun experiences and stories to tell. And… it was nice to be in a dry, warm place with friends and yummy food after a big day....

A little over 30 people listened intently to bird sounds from Diana Wales's back deck as Matt Hunter wrote down the species we were hearing. After about 5-10 minutes, Matt began pointing out the more noticeable birds that all could hear. After about 30 minutes we had...

Dale and I were sure Saturday’s weather would cancel our annual Raptor Run, but so many hardy souls turned up full of energy we decided to give it a try.  I think we had 11 people, maybe more.  I never did pull out my clip board to get people’s names because...

This year we continued with a trend of new people joining the CBC: Thank-you Carol C, Cindy B, Marnie K,Angie W, Eric S, Maris W, Christine S, Jim H, Donna P, and John R. It's also great to see relatively new folks returning and strengthening the count coverage: Kelly...

During the spring and summer of 2018, Umpqua Valley Audubon Society partnered with Umpqua Wildlife Rescue to rescue, rehab and release urban nesting Green Herons.  First heron came in on 28 May 2018 and the last one on September 3 2018.  17 young green herons came...

An excited group of 2nd and 3rd grade students from Cobb Street School had an energy-filled time observing birds, their habitat and songs along the South Umpqua River in Roseburg. Their teachers had prepared them well; each child had studied a species and were anxious...