Remember the campground pit toilets of old? Oh, the horror. The horror. Brave users would burst out gasping, eyes streaming, only to be revived with a charred hot dog and bottle of Grape Nehi.

The overwhelming majority of our Sequim-Dungeness community enjoys and supports the Trumpeter Swans that spend their winter here. Each year since 2011 our Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society (OPAS) volunteers observe the swans and conduct a twice weekly swan census.

Looks like the New Year is upon us and that means the Climate Watch Survey is fast approaching. The survey begins on January 15, 2023 and ends February 15, 2023.

It's mid-autumn migration for birds – time to attune our ears and glimpse upwards then around the bend in the road, following the sounds and the line of trees into the field. The Trumpeter Swans, encouraged by nighttime freezes in the boreal forests of Alaska…

As the days grow shorter we can expect the rainy season to return soon. Fall is the best time to plant native trees and shrubs to help birds on the Olympic Peninsula.

The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is a program of Birds Canada in partnership with collaborating researchers and organizations.

Wouldn’t you like to spend a tranquil early morning hour on the beach watching fascinating and photogenic birds while conducting Citizen Science?

Good news for swans roosting on Kirner Pond (aka, Gaskell Slough)! When OPAS commits to a conservation project, we like to have pre- and post-data to confirm that our efforts have been effective.

With such robust swan numbers in our Sequim-Dungeness area last winter, we watched the skies this fall and had to simply hold onto our hats. Predictions of colder and wetter-than-average weather due to La Niña…

Here are some practical, do-it-yourself tips for limiting bird collisions on your home windows. Many of these suggestions can be applied at little or no cost.

On Monday, August 9, construction crews completed the road cut across Kirner Road and utility crews began installing conduit through which power line conductors and WAVE cable would subsequently be pulled.

The OPAS Conservation Committee would like to use this column to review the history of the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and inform you of the bill’s current status.

One morning a week, shortly after sunrise, I am lucky enough to spend a tranquil hour on Port Williams beach observing the breeding behavior of Pigeon Guillemots (PIGUs).

This has been an eventful OPAS swan season of reinforcing partnerships and focusing attention on critical investments in the future. As swan after swan was seen striking the power lines when departing the Kirner Pond roosting site, it was time…