Umpqua Valley Audubon Society

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             The Umpqua Valley Audubon Society welcomes birders and nature enthusiasts to occasional field trips, programs, birding classes and other activities that encourage enjoyment, appreciation and protection of the beautiful valleys of the Umpqua.

             Umpqua Valley Audubon Society is a chapter of the National Audubon Society serving central and coastal Douglas County, Oregon.  For 100 years, Audubon has protected birds, wildlife and their habitats for the benefit of all life.  Among National Audubon’s priorities are:  saving the most important places for birds; combating climate change and mitigating its impacts; building bird-friendly communities and cities; protecting or seas and shores; and collaborating with foresters, rangers, farmers, and other landowners to make working lands work for birds.

To contact us:

P.O. Box 381

Roseburg, Oregon 97470

 

E-mail: info@umqpuaaudubon.org

We’d like to add you to our e-mail list. 

 

If you’d like to receive e-mail notices of upcoming events, please send your name and e-mail address to:  info@umpquaaudubon.org. 

 

Thanks.

Other Links:

National Audubon Society

Portland Audubon Society

Oregon League of Conservation Voters

Umpqua Watersheds

Upcoming Events  

· Roseburg Bike Path/Stewart Park Birding - Saturday, May 19th

             Trip leader:  Beth Brown

             Time:  Meet at the Health Center parking lot (621 W. Madrone St.) at 8 AM.

When Beth led a trip along this route in March, there was a lot of interest in doing the same route later in the year to check for seasonal birds, so here we go again! 

Beth’s been doing some scouting and reports, in addition to usual suspects, nesting Western Kingbirds, a couple pairs of Bullock’s Orioles and lots of song sparrows.  We might even catch the flock of Cedar Waxwings occasionally seen by Chamber of Commerce building. 

We’ll bird for a couple of hours.  If folks are interested, Beth has offered to host the group at her home (near the Health Center) after the walk for an introduction to eBird and the advantages of using this service.  We’ll be through by noon. 

As always, good shoes and layered clothing for the weather are essential.  Bring your binoculars, snacks and water.  For more information, contact Beth.

· Swift Roost Chimney Survey— throughout May

Last year, we discovered that Vaux’s swifts are roosting in at least one Roseburg area chimney in addition to the one at the Arts Center that we’ve monitored for several

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Birding links:

eBird

Birding Oregon—Douglas County

Birding Oregon

Oregon Field Ornithologists

Birding On The Net—Siler

Opportunities for Citizen Science with Cornell

American Birding Association

Online Birding Groups:

To join Douglas County’s bird sighting group

To join Oregon Birders On Line