On Saturday, March 22, 2025, we met at the Dungeness Levee Footpath parking area at 9 a.m. by the Old Dungeness Schoolhouse at Towne Rd and E Anderson Rd. The weather was delightful, very cooperative, no wind, no rain, even some sunshine!

Join us for an insightful journey into understanding the ecological role of swans in Washington. At our March 19, 2025, OPAS meeting, Kyle Spragens delivered a compelling presentation on an innovative marking project initiated by WDFW and a CalPoly Humboldt graduate student.

Watch the February 19, 2025 video presentation by CJ Urnes as he explores the magnificent world of local insects, revealing their fascinating distributions and …

Watch the video of our February 1, 2025 “Bird Nesting and the Great Backyard Bird Count” Backyard Birding presentation.

Watch the captivating video of the January 15, 2025 OPAS Members Photo Night, skillfully organized by Christina Heliker. View OPAS members proudly displaying …

Whether weekly, monthly or annual in frequency, all of our OPAS Swan Study surveys are just snapshots of the current numbers and usage locations of the swans in our area through periods of migration and …

At our November 20th program, Dr. Douglas Wacker, Associate Professor of Animal Behavior at the University of Washington Bothell, shared fascinating research conducted with undergraduates to determine if crows …

On Saturday, November 2, 2024 Christie Lassen captivated her audience with her ever-popular seminar on the unique winter needs of Anna’s Hummingbird and other year-round residents of the Pacific Northwest.

Our chapter welcomed Joanna Wu, an ornithologist and ecologist from Los Angeles, who shared her fascinating research on female birds with us at our September 19th meeting as the featured program speaker.

A meeting of potential field trip leaders will be held on October 13th at 1:00 p.m. at the Dungeness River Nature Center.

On September 7, 2024, we launched the highly anticipated Backyard Birding series with an inspiring first session. This episode introduces the North Olympic Wildlife Habitat Project, a groundbreaking initiative by OPAS.

Ken Wiersema writes about the latest news about the Dungeness River Center, our OPAS Leaders' Retreat, the BirdFest ’24 update and planning for ‘25, and Education upcoming previews.

At our July 8th, 2024 Backyard Birding program, Ken Wiersema, details background information on migration, nesting requirements, and diet as well as 20 years of local data on the Purple Martin’s progress in adapting to our human-made nesting cavities.