Dear Reader,

As many of you know, for the past three years I’ve been running a program called Landscaping with Love #otisstrong (LWL). Our goal was to provide free plants, trees, grass seed, and tools to survivors of the September 2020 wildfires. This past Saturday we completed our work with a farewell/thank you celebration at our LWL greenhouse which is located on the property of one of the 300 fire survivors. It’s been a challenging, successful, heartrending, and joyful three years and I’m proud of all that we accomplished! It was bittersweet saying goodbye to my team of 10 volunteers who had worked with me from the very start. We did great work and are all ready for a break!

So now let’s talk about ASLC

WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. Please take a few minutes and fill out this simple survey to help us as we engage in the process of rebranding. It should only take a few moments and will really help us as we work through our next steps. Thank you for continuing to support and encourage us!

OCTOBER EVENTS

13th (Friday), 9-11am: EXPLORIENCE The Villages to Road’s End State Park! We will meet on the north end of NE Devil’s Lake Blvd (watch for our ASLC sign). More info…

14th (Saturday), 11am-1pm: Our annual walk/drive along some of the best coastal rocky habitat - Boiler Bay to Otter Rock. Please note later start time due to the solar eclipse! More info…

NOTE: learn more about the effect of eclipses on birds and other wildlife and see how you can help collect data for science!

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

18th November (Saturday): The 11th annual Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium will be held November 18th - register soon as it fills up quickly! More info…

29th November (Wednesday): We’ll be having an ASLC Birthday Party again this year so SAVE THE DATE! We’ll have a potluck at 5pm at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Our guest speaker will be Cameron Cox, a long-time avid birder and owner of Avocet Birding Courses. Cameron is the author of the newly released Terns of North America, a Photographic Guide and coauthor of The Peterson Reference Guide to Seawatching. You don’t want to miss it so watch for an eVite coming to your mailbox soon!

ARE YOU READY TO VOLUNTEER?

Our education team needs you! Our chapter is expanding and deepening our education efforts, and we are currently looking for dedicated volunteers to help grow the program. We’re active with seniors, adults, and school-aged children (K-12) in the classroom and outdoors. We organize and lead our birdwalks and field requests for ad-hoc field trips and presentations in Lincoln and Tillamook counties.

We’re looking for volunteers for everything from helping to coordinate programs to teaching to assisting with walks or classes. This can be a one-time or ongoing volunteer project for you! Up your alley? Ready to sign up or would you like more information? Fill out this form or contact our education coordinator, Nora Sherwood, at nsherwood4art@gmail.com.

OREGON COAST BIRDCAST

Episode 5 just hit the airwaves! You won’t want to miss The Fight for Oregon's Forests with Joseph Youren. Joseph ‘Joe’ Youren is our ASLC forestry issues advocate for our Conservation Action program. You can also check out prior podcasts here or look for Oregon Coast BirdCast wherever you get your podcasts.

This has been an informative and exciting experience for us as ASLC, and we’re sad that our podcast host, Paul Lask, is unable to continue to host them. While we don’t plan to continue the podcasts at this time, we’ve learned many valuable lessons and hope to resurrect the project in the future, so stay tuned!

OREGON AUDUBON COUNCIL (OAC)

We are one of 13 Audubon chapters in Oregon. We meet with the other chapters twice a year. In the Spring, we meet to discuss education and administrative issues and, in the fall, we meet to set conservation goals and priorities for the coming year. We value our close partnership with the other chapters, and our conservation initiatives are in sync with statewide OAC goals. This weekend, Steve Griffiths - our Conservation Action Team lead - and I will be heading to Klamath Falls for the OAC meeting. In addition to the conservation decisions, our chapter name changes will also be a main topic on the agenda.

That’s the news for this month - let's keep working together for birds and nature!

dawn villaescusa, President

Audubon Society of Lincoln City

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