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washington ornithological society skip to content washington ornithological society skip to content home about membership officers and board members 2026 wos election committee members wos policies wos online wos bylaws donate shop activities monthly meetings calendar field trips monthly meetings annual conference 2026 hells gate annual conference lewiston id past conferences facebook groups christmas bird counts young birders fund wbrc washington bird records committee report rare bird sighting washington state checklist review list summary of all wbrc decisions published reports of the wbrc wbrc bylaws apply to join wbrc publications wos newsletters field notes birder s guide to wa washington birds journal birding resources list of resources birds of the world birder s dashboard washington state checklist a birder s guide to wa maps tweeters archive wa listservs aba code of birding ethics reporting send in your field notes report rare bird sighting report a banded bird sick injured or dead birds report wildlife sightings to wdfw research welcome the spring 2026 wosnews has sprung the 2026 spring issue of the wos newsletter begins with a recap of the successful wos hells gate annual conference in lewiston idaho by wos vice president jon isacoff who organized field trips for the conference the issue also describes a rare and rich type of wetland in eastern okanogan county that produces a great abundance and diversity of birds steve hampton andy bankert and alex sowers tell us how a individual asian great egret subspecies ended up on the skagit river this spring bill shelmerdine describes seeing what turned out to be the first ever documented adult female rufous x anna s hummingbird outside his kitchen window and there is much much more check out the latest wosnews issue 206 the wos hells gate annual conference the 2026 wos annual conference held may 14 17 2026 in lewiston idaho has concluded and was a big success we hear but it s not too late to buy conference shirts at https bonfire com wos 2026 hells gate conference state checklist continues to grow the washington bird records committee wbrc met may 7 2026 for its spring meeting accepting 34 valid new records of sightings and not accepting 12 among the accepted reports were two species never before recorded in this state one was a yellow green vireo first seen on october 15 2025 at the grays harbor national wildlife refuge by bob boekelheide and subsequently by others the second was a cave swallow seen first on march 28 2026 by liam hutcheson at the hoquiam sewage treatment plant also in grays harbor county the state checklist now sits at 531 species other review species reported to the committee included common crane little gull vega gull white winged dove red footed booby and yellow bellied sapsucker for more information check out the committee s full report for spring 2026 wos monthly meetings our montly meetings are held on the first monday of the month october through june with the meeting in june being members photo night since 2020 the vast majority of our monthly meetings are conducted via zoom no in person attendance once a year in the spring we hold a combined in person and virtual meeting at the uw center for urban horticulture monthly meetings are open to all as wos invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend thanks to the generosity of our presenters recordings of nearly all past programs are available on the wos youtube channel go to wos s monthly meeting page for information on the upcoming program and instructions on participating via zoom if you are a member of wos this information is sent directly to you each month comments are closed join or renew upcoming events nov 2 7 30 pm haley olson senior resource scientist puget sound energy view calendar the washington ornithological society wos provides a forum for birders from throughout the state to meet and share information on bird identification biology population status and birding sites membership is open to all persons interested in birds and birding wos is a non profit organization under 501 c 3 of the internal revenue code 12345 lake city way ne 215 seattle wa 98125 email information wos org webmaster wos org powered by nirvana wordpress