Whidbey Audubon Society is dedicated to the understanding, appreciation, and protection of birds and other wildlife species and their habitats on Whidbey Island and surrounding waters.
Visitors are welcome to participate in our events.
We protect birds through education, outreach, and research.
Call to Action:
Advocate for Whidbey’s Important Bird Areas
WAS members are encouraged to participate in at least one of three public involvement Open Houses (below) to provide input on the protection and conservation of important bird & wildlife habits on Whidbey Island such as Deer Lagoon Preserve, Crockett Lake and Swan Lake. Also, please take the survey linked here. Your input is a very important part of updating Chapter 7 Element of the Parks & Recreation Plan.
Go Fish! a Four Session Class with Connie Sidles — Register now!
Fish have been a rich source of food for birds for millions of years — certainly long enough for avians to have evolved many styles of fishing. In this series of four classes, master birder Constance Sidles will show you the strategies different species of birds use to go fishing. They are by turns ingenious, persistent, patient, aggressive, cooperative and altogether wondrous. Come to the sea, the rivers, ponds and lakes with Connie as she tells you about the plungers and the pickers; the snatchers and the stalkers; the chasers and the scoopers— including her favorites, the pelicans.
This four-week, online course is Tuesday evenings on January 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $100. Each session will be recorded, so that those registered may review it.
Constance Sidles is the founder and president of Constancy Press, LLC. Before beginning Constancy Press, Sidles was a production consultant with more than 30 years of experience in print production. She is a master birder with more than 600 North American birds on her life list. She has led several trips for Seattle Audubon Society and currently serves as chair of Seattle Audubon’s Publications Committee. While serving on this committee, she helped produce revised and/or reprinted versions of Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest, Reptiles of Washington & Oregon, Butterflies of Cascadia, A Field Guide to the Common Wetland Plants of Washington and NW Oregon and Dragonflies of Washington.
Preserving Deer Lagoon
To help shape the future of Deer Lagoon Preserve please participate in the development of the Comprehensive Plan. Visit our page Deer Lagoon Preserve Advocacy. You’ll find everything you need to add your voice.
Deer Lagoon is a state recognized Important Bird Area (IBA) with at least 211 different bird species having been documented at the lagoon. Washington State Fish and Wildlife has concluded Deer Lagoon is the single most important site on Whidbey Island for use by waterfowl, year around. The lagoon is a critical resting and feeding site for migrating shorebirds in the spring and fall. It has been labeled the most important wetlands in Island County and for this reason alone deserves the highest levels of protection.
