The Salish Sea Guillemot Network monitoring program began with the Whidbey Audubon Society some years ago. It has grown into a region-wide program with over 200 volunteers. Clallam County's efforts are sponsored and managed by the County's Marine Resources Committee (MRC).  About 25 Clallam volunteers monitor 15 nesting sites. OPAS members are active in the volunteer ranks.    

Seattle Audubon’s Puget Sound Seabird Survey (PSSS) is a community science program where volunteer birdwatchers gather data on seabird populations.

The program, managed by Seattle Audubon, trains volunteer birdwatchers to gather valuable data on wintering seabird populations in Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and waters surrounding the San Juan Islands.

The Purple Martin (PUMA) Nest Box Update for July 27, 2022 is now available. Read about the Protection Island Purple Martin nest viability using an endoscope.

The Three Crabs Restoration Project, led by North Olympic Salmon Coalition and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, sought to increase salmonid use of the Meadowbrook Creek estuary by removing the old Three Crabs restaurant, rerouting Three Crabs Road, and enlarging tidal flow within Meadowbrook Creek.  It also provided an opportunity for OPAS to see how birds responded to habitat changes created by the project. 

Since the winter of 2011/2012, OPAS has partnered with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and presently, the Northwest Swan Conservation Association, to conduct a swan survey in the Sequim-Dungeness area.

The data collected by citizen science volunteer surveyors provides a database of information that not only counts swan numbers, but locates feeding areas and night roosts. Read our updated, 2022–2023 season summary (December 2023).

The OPAS Western Bluebird Program started in 2016 to collect data on the nesting habits of the Western Bluebird in the OPAS chapter area of Clallam County. In the same year, National Audubon released the Audubon Birds and Climate Change Report that highlighted the risks that climate change poses to birds across North America. Read the latest Western Bluebird/Climate Watch update for May 2024.