Rainier Audubon Societies’ 3rd annual Nature Festival
Rainier Audubon Societies’ 3rd annual Nature Festival at Flaming Geyser State Park on Continue Reading →
Swift Night Out – Vaux’s Swifts in Selleck, WA
Join us for a “Swift Night Out” in the small town of Selleck, WA to see the amazing Vaux’s swifts return for the evening to their brick-chimney, communal roost site. Each May, thousands of migrating Vaux’s Swifts stop off for a well-deserved rest on their long journey to northern Canada. While the number of Swift’s returning to this site is weather dependent, we can expect to see many hundreds or even thousands of birds after sunset. We will meet in Covington and carpool to Selleck to minimize our impact on this small community. In case of rain, we will reschedule the outing to the following week. See the links below for more details. Continue Reading →
Swift Night Out – Vaux’s Swifts in Selleck, WA
Join us for a “Swift Night Out” in the small town of Selleck, WA to see the amazing Vaux’s swifts return for the evening to their brick-chimney, communal roost site. Each May, thousands of migrating Vaux’s Swifts stop off for a well-deserved rest on their long journey to northern Canada. Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – May 2024
Did you know that an American Robin can eat twenty-eight six-inch long earthworms a day? That’s fourteen feet worth of worms! They change their feeding habits depending on the time of day, eating more earthworms early in the day when they are easier to find and switching to fruit later in the day. Continue Reading →
Hummingbirds: Masters of the Air
With their ability to hover in place, fly upside-down or backwards, and cross seas without stopping, hummingbirds seem immune to the ordinary laws of physics. Continue Reading →
Exploring the foothills near North Bend
oin popular leader and avid birder Roger Orness on a trip exploring the foothills near North Bend. Target species will be Peregrine Falcons, but there are sure to be many other species to enjoy. Continue Reading →
2024 Annual Spring Plant Sale at Soos Creek Botanical Gardens – Saturday
Join Rainier Audubon at Soos Creek Botanical Garden for the annual spring plant sale. The garden is a beautiful location for this outreach event. In our Audubon information booth, we answer birding questions and advise on nest boxes, feeders, and native plants that will attract birds to your yard. Continue Reading →
Birdathon Field Trip to Eastern Washington
Raise Birdathon money for Rainier Audubon’s Nest Box Project expansion! Join Barbara Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – April 2024
(Reprinted with permission from Burien Wild Birds Unlimited) From what people are Continue Reading →
Green Valley in Early Summer
In June, the migrant birds should be singing on their territory near Auburn and in the beautiful Green Valley east of Auburn. We’ll visit Academy Drive, Green Valley Road, and Flaming Geyser State Park. We may see and hear warblers, thrushes, vireos, Red-breasted Sapsuckers, Virginia Rail, flycatchers, and more. We may walk up to 2 miles on trails and roads. Continue Reading →