Dear Reader,
I hope that you all had fantastic holidays and are looking forward to this new year! My entire family came to visit and stayed to throw me a most elegant and enjoyable 70th birthday party at Salishan Lodge. The theme was bright colors and birds - My Petite Sweet went above and beyond for the adorable birdhouse cake! My birthday is actually this week, so my hubby is taking me to Hawaii for a few days - I plan to stretch out this milestone celebration!
So let’s talk birds…
JANUARY EVENTS
12th (Friday), 9-11am: Join us on this Lincoln City Parks & Recreation walk to Regatta Park and Devils Lake! We will meet at the Regatta Park parking lot off of NE 14th in Lincoln City (look for our ASLC sign). More info…
13th (Saturday), 9-11am: You won’t want to miss our popular walk at the Hatfield Marine Science Center Nature Trail in Newport. More info…
16th (Tuesday), 6:30pm: Naturalist Presentation: Impacts of terrestrial mammals on island nesting Leach’s Storm-Petrel. Presenter Luke Stuntz is a graduate student in Wildlife Science at Oregon State University studying the predation of seabirds by native terrestrial carnivores along the coast of southern Oregon. The meeting will be at the OSU Extension Lincoln County, 1211 SE Bay Blvd in Newport. More info…
ASLC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
We are excited to announce that Ruth Shelly, currently our ASLC vice-president and newsletter editor, has accepted the position of Development Coordinator. We're excited for this new chapter of our growing organization! Ruth will be stepping down from the Board to transition to her new responsibilities.
WE ARE HIRING AGAIN!
We’re looking for a part-time Volunteer Coordinator to assist our Coastal Habitat Coordinator in recruiting and training volunteers for our conservation work. This seasonal position will average 15 hours/week at $18.45/hour. Applications are open until February 29, 2024, interviews will begin in March, and the successful candidate will start on April 15. More info…
ARE YOU READY TO VOLUNTEER?
We are looking for a few motivated folks who love birds and nature and are willing to serve on our ASLC Board of Directors. We meet monthly on the second Thursday. Meetings are held in Lincoln City but are also hybrid so you don’t need to travel. If you’re interested, please let me know!
If you’d like to volunteer, but not as a Board member, we have many other opportunities from one-time to ongoing, so just let us know what interests you.
YEAR END MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Thank you to all of you who have participated in the membership drive in support of our many programs! If you haven't, it’s not too late to upgrade your membership or give a gift membership to ASLC. Through January 31, 2024 - new, gift, or upgraded membership ($50 minimum) includes a set of our bird stickers with images by our own certified natural science illustrator, Nora Sherwood. More info…
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT REPORTS
In Lincoln City, we had a small turnout of field counters, but a big increase in backyard counters! And, we set a new record for species seen! 20 volunteers counted in the field and 18 counted at home within the count circle. We recorded 132 species and a total of 12,901 individual birds.
At Yaquina Bay, coordinator Kai Frueh reports: “Yaquina Bay CBC took place with 34 participants. In total, we found 130 species, on the lower end of the last few years. Between a very high tide and a strong wind from the east made seabird and shorebird numbers low.”
That’s the news for this month - let's keep working together for birds and nature!
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dawn villaescusa, President
Audubon Society of Lincoln City