Monthly Programs

Banner photo by Jann Ledbetter

Next General Meeting Program: Thursday, April 10, 2025

Our monthly programs feature a guest speaker presenting a subject of interest to those who love birds. We have nine programs a year, with no program in July, August and December, on the second Thursday of the month, and they are free and open to the public. Drop by and enjoy the company as we all learn something new from our featured guest. See our Calendar or Events List for upcoming programs.

Grebes Are Great! was presented remotely by Connie Sidles on March 13th.

Watch our most recent program here

Connie is a master birder, a former board member of Birds Connect Seattle (formerly Seattle Audubon Society), a current member of the Conservation Committee, the chair of BCS’s Publications Committee, an environmental educator and the author of four books about nature that focus on the Union Bay Natural Area at the Center for Urban Horticulture.

Learn about our previous programs in the gallery below!

March 13, 2025: Grebes Are Great!

February 13, 2025: Under the Surface— Bird bones and Skeletons with David Lukas

January 9, 2025: Books, Birds and Following Passion’s Path

November 14, 2024: Something to Crow About

October 10, 2024: The Encantadas with Dave Parent

September 12, 2024: Feathers and Fur with Steve and Martha Ellis

May 9, 2024 The American White Pelican

March 14, 2024 Shining a Light on Moths with David Droppers

February 8, 2024 Measuring the Heartbeat of the Planet through Birds

January 11, 2024 — Washington's 12 Woodpecker Species with Jeff Kozma

November 9, 2023 – Between the Tides: Whidbey’s Birding Gem — Deer Lagoon Preserve

October 12, 2023 – Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue

September 14, 2023 – Life on the Rocks with Steve and Martha Ellis

June 8, 2023 — Celebrating Birds and Birding

April 13, 2023 - Seabirds, Citizen Science and Saving the World with Julia Parrish of COASST

March 9, 2023 – Glorious Gulls with Connie Sidles

February 9, 2023 – Listen to Her Sing with Nathan Pieplow

January 12, 2023 - The Most Overlooked Birds in North America: Females with Joanna Wu

November 10, 2022 Program: A Dead Tree's Excellent Adventure with Ken Bevis

October 13, 2022 Program–What Is a Raptor Anyways? with Tom Bancroft

September 8. 2022 Program: White Swans of Winter with Martha Jordan

June 9, 2022 Program — Homewaters by David B. Williams

May 12, 2022 - The Aerialists: one tough way to make a living with Steve and Martha Ellis

March 10, 2022 – Rooted: Connecting to the Earth with Lyanda Lynn Haupt

February 10. 2022, Of Puffins and Petrels with Peter Hodum, Ph.D.

January 13, 2022, The Superlative Laysan Albatross with Hob Osterlund

November 11, 2021 program: Bird Flight: Photographs, Stories and Science

October 14 and 21, 2021 - Birdscaping with Carolyn Wilcox in 2 Parts

Sept 9, 2021 - Nature's Best Hope

June 10, 2021 The Evolution of a Birder

Phenology: the Study of the Seasons

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Western Washington

Do Crows Have Language? with Douglas Wacker

Malheur—Where the birds are plentiful and the people are not