Join the 12/21/22 Anna’s Hummingbird Community Science Survey

We could use your help.  If you would like to participate in the North Central Washington hummingbird survey, the next opportunity is December 21, 2022. 

You can volunteer to be part of this community science network by sending an email to ncwahummerproject@gmail.com.

You can find background information about this survey on the hummingbird page of the North Central Washington Audubon website . Continue Reading →

Join the North Central Washington Hummingbird Project on March Equinox

Over the last decade, many people in North Central Washington have observed increasing numbers of over-wintering Anna’s Hummingbirds. North Central Washington Audubon Society has launched a community science study project to gather data to help answer questions about Anna’s Hummingbird Continue Reading →

Sense of Place: Surveying Raptors on the Waterville Plateau

This week’s guest post by Marilyn Sherling includes stunning photos taken this winter during monthly community science surveys on the Waterville Plateau. Marilyn and her daughter, Amanda, are monthly volunteers for the East Cascades Audubon Society’s Winter Raptors Survey Project. This winter, over 300 volunteers across five states participated, surveying 451 routes. Continue Reading →

Celebrating Volunteers- 2020 style

Annually, Wenatchee Naturalists gather to celebrate volunteerism and to honor individuals who completed between 20-100 hours of conservation volunteering. Join me here in this blog to commend members of the class of 2019 who found themselves in a life circumstance that allowed for volunteering, despite the limits of a pandemic. Continue Reading →

Kitchen Window Community Science

Becoming a Project Feederwatch volunteer can be one way to battle feeling gloomy all winter long, November to April. Consider becoming a community scientist making bird observations as you look out your window. You will join over 20,000 Canadian and U.S. participants during this is kick-off week for Project Feederwatch: Continue Reading →

Celebrating Volunteers!

The annual all-Wenatchee Naturalist volunteer recognition social on Nov. 17th recognized 18 volunteers and awarded service pins. Guest science, Mark Oswood, talked about Alaska’s boreal rivers. Continue Reading →