Select your favorite nature photos to share with the group at the Dec. 15 meeting. Any interesting, beautiful, or fun photo(s) of birds, other animals, plants, nature scenes, etc. are welcome. Plan your presentation to be 5 minutes or less. Email JPGs and captions for your entries to Eric Preston (ericpreston130@gmail.com) by Dec. 8. Limit your entries to 20 photos per person, please.
All skill levels are appreciated!

How to See the Monthly Presentations

The 2022 – 2023 Monthly Meetings will be both in-person and available on Zoom! They will be held in the Corvallis Community Center on NW Tyler Ave. in Corvallis. The new location for the meetings is the Oak Room. At 6:30 pm there is a social gathering, followed by a business meeting at 7:00 pm, the program begins at 7:30 pm and lasts about an hour. For those who are viewing the presentation via Zoom, you may wish to tune in at 7:30!

The in-person meetings will also be available on Zoom. ASC members who provided their email address with their membership dues will receive an invitation and instructions the day before the webinar. Members can view the presentation on their computers or phones at home. A few days following the meeting, the link to the recording will be posted on the ASC website (Monthly Meetings) and will be available until the next meeting. (from book jacket)

Meetings are open to the general public, although space is limited. Contact audubon.corvallis@gmail.com for information about accessing the program.  More info

2022-2023 Speaker Schedule

  Hybrid in-person and Zoom meetings

Dec. 15 –  Annual Member Slide Show
Jan. 19  – Ram Papish  “Wildlife Art on Interpretive Signs”
Feb. 16  – Fred Ramsey  “Birds of Mongolia”
Mar. 16  – Marina Richie  “Belted Kingfishers”
Apr. 20  – Don Boucher & Lisa Millbank  “A Yard Full of Native Plants, Birds, Bugs and More”
May 18  – Bob Beschta  “Trophic Cascades & Yellowstone”

Past Video Presentations

The ASC Board has decided to provide a link to presentations for 2021-2022 from one or two previous months but not to continue linking to all the presentations for the past year. Former ASC Vice President Mark Baldwin has recordings of the 2020/2021 speakers, but we are unable to archive them on our website. Contact for more information.

November 2022

Wary by nature, yet brave under fire, the magnificent bird has long thrilled the sportsman. Some attribute the bird’s decline to habitat loss, but Worth Mathewson, author of a complete natural history of the species, carefully builds his case to the contrary. Zoom link

October 2022

A key challenge facing the wind industry is the potential for turbines to impact wild animals, both directly, via collisions, and indirectly due to noise pollution, habitat loss, and reduced survival or reproduction. Research Statistician Manuela Huso presented what she has learned from collaborative work and how the wind industry can lessen the impacts. Zoom link

September 2022

Kelly Hazen shared information about the natural history of Greater Sage-Grouse and Oregon’s Adopt-A-Lek program. Greater Sage-grouse (GSG) are chicken-sized  birds that are found in 13 western U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Habitat fragmentation and development have caused severe declines for this dramatic bird.  Link to Zoom recording

May 2022

Jonathon Valente discussed the OSU College of Forestry Oregon Marbled Murrelet Project (www.oregonmurrelet.org). TLaunched in 2015, the focus of the project is to understand basic murrelet biology. Jonathon discussed how the research team is using cutting-edge technology to better understand murrelet habitat requirements, movement, and limitations to population growth, as well as how this research will be used to improve management of public and private forest lands.

April 2022

ASC members Matt Lee and Sue Powell shared their photos and stories from their “bucket-list” trip to the Ecuador mainland and Galapagos Islands in October 2021. Ecuador is small but has mega-diverse habitats, including coastal lowlands, foothills, Andean peaks, dry forests, cloud forests, high-altitude Páramo grasslands, Amazonian jungles, and Pacific Islands. This habitat diversity supports 1700 species of birds, more than 130 of which are hummingbirds.

March 2022

OSU researcher Matt Betts presented recent findings on (1) the importance of old growth for moderating the effect of climate change on birds, (2) the effects of deforestation on species endangerment worldwide, and (3) the effects of herbicide on birds and biodiversity generally in the Oregon Coast Range.

 

February 2022

Dave Mellinger spoke about developing user-friendly acoustic tools for studying marine mammals and their environment. Results are important for research and  conservation of marine species throughout the world. Dave ‘flew’ ocean gliders underwater to study sperm whales in the Gulf of Mexico.

January 2022

Ryan Baumbusch is researching the foraging ecology of Barred Owls in the Pacific Northwest. By examining the stomach contents of owls removed from Spotted Owl territories, he is inventorying what they eat and comparing it to Spotted Owl diets.

December 2021

Seven ASC members showed some of their recent photos during the annual Member SlideShow. Presenters included Matt Lee, Sue Powell, Dodie Wilson, Teri Engbring, Mikaela Lea, and Tom Health. Mikaela also showcased the results of the 2nd annual Bird Coloring Contest. Forty-four artists entered, with ages between 5 and adult.

November 2021

Jamie Cornelius presented information about how nomadic birds survive survive environmental changes. She shared some of what she’s learned about life as a wanderer from Red Crossbills, Pine Siskins, Goldfinches, Zebra Finches, and more.