Welcome to the Klamath Basin Audubon Society
The Klamath Basin Audubon Society welcomes birders and wildlife enthusiasts to monthly programs, field trips, and other activities that enhance the appreciation of the spectacular beauty of the Klamath Basin. We produce the annual Winter Wings Festival celebrating the largest wintering population of bald eagles in the lower 48 states as well as the abundance of all the birds that make the Klamath Basin home.
The Klamath Basin straddles Oregon and California and contains parts of five northern California counties as well as three Oregon counties. The watershed is drained by the Klamath River with its origin in Upper Klamath Lake. Five National Wildlife Refuges as well as numerous other wildlife viewing areas make our area a premier birding area at all times of the year as 80% of the Pacific Flyway migrants visit us on their annual migrations. Welcome to a birder's paradise!
Programs
September 9: "South of the Border Birding":
Trinidad and Tobago by Marilyn Christian and Julie Van Moorhem
Patagonia by Darrel and Diana Samuels
Columbia by five KBAS ladies
November 11: "Birds and Global Warming" by Pepper Trail, FWS Forensics Lab and Rogue Valley Audubon Society Conservation Chair
December 9: KBAS annual holiday gathering
January 13: "Caspian Terns" by Dave Hewitt
Field Trips
Thursday Birding Bunch: As a weekly scheduled activity, it has been discontinued due to lack of consistent interest. However, if you would like to bird with Julie or Marilyn, contact Julie Van Moorhem [882-4488] or Marilyn Christian [850-0084] . They bird at least weekly and would enjoy your company!
August 14: Beginning Bird Identification Class at Oregon State University Extension, Register by contacting Claudia, OSU Extension, 541-883-7131.
August 21: KBAS Annual Picnic, and Shorebirding at Tule Lake NWR Headquarters
September 18: North America Migration Count, Fall 2010
October 2: Westside Road, Upper Klamath Contact Kevin Spencer for more information.
October 16: Feeder Hop! around Klamath Falls. Contact Kevin Spencer for more information.
November 13: Raptors! In Butte Valley. Contact Kevin Spencer for more information.
The Grebe
. Current Issue of Klamath Basin Audubon Society newsletter
Winter Wings Festival 2011
Winter Wings Festival February 18 - 20, 2011
Oregon Institute of Technology