VIDEOS
Kitsap Audubon started holding virtual monthly programs in September 2020.
We recorded several of the programs for you to review if you missed them.
(Note: not all of our presenters allow us to record their programs)
September 11th Monthly Program - The Dinosaurs Amongst Us by Kim Adelson, PhD
Virtually all paleontologists agree that birds evolved from dinosaurs, and most even go further and claim that birds are, in fact, living dinosaurs. The flood of new data coming from newly discovered fossil beds – primarily from China – has only solidified that position. Come learn about the structural and behavioral similarities between birds and the more “classic” nonavian dinosaurs they evolved from. We guarantee that you will not only be surprised as to how dinosaur-like birds are, but also how very bird-like dinosaurs were. You will never think about T. rex in the same way again!
May 8th Monthly Program - Celebrating Black Birders Week & Finding Peace in Nature by Nicole Jackson
Get ready to spread your wings and join environmental educator/ avid birder Nicole Jackson on a feather-filled adventure into the world of urban birding and its surprisingly awesome impact on mental health! In this virtual presentation, she will dish on how trading screen time for green time—watching birds do their thing—became her ultimate stressbuster and joy-bringer. She’ll share personal stories, cool facts, and easy tips to help you find your own zen.
As we gear up for Black Birders Week 2025 (May 25– May 31), Nicole will dive into the why behind this groundbreaking movement. Learn how a single viral hashtag (#BlackBirdersWeek) grew into a global celebration of Black birders, scientists, and nature-lovers breaking barriers in the outdoors. She’ll share the mission that fuels black birders, highlight past wins (hello, representation!), and even tease how we’re prepping for 2025’s week of events.
April 9th Monthly Program - Ocean Nomads: The Albatrosses by Peter Harrison
Join Peter Harrison, renowned seabird expert, conservationist, artist, and author of over a dozen books as he presents about Ocean Nomads - the Albatrosses. Largest of all flying birds with life spans that match those of humans, the 22 albatross species are the most itinerant of all life forms, capable of flying more than 1,000 miles a day and over 8.5 million miles in their lifetimes. Some species circumnavigate the Earth several times in a single year. Other species will spend up to 10 years at sea, flying over 2 million miles before returning to land. Join Peter as he shares his awe and wonderment for his favorite of all seabirds and explains why we must act now to protect the albatrosses of the world. In this lecture, he will discuss species identification, what makes an albatross so unique, and the fascinating biology of these ocean nomads—truly one of the greatest survival stories in the natural world.
March 13th Monthly Program - Birding Through Thailand by Justin Carrington
Watch as KAS Secretary, Justin Carrington, takes us on an incredible birdwatching journey through Thailand! He’ll share his experiences exploring the country's diverse habitats, fascinating bird species, and unique behaviors he observed along the way. From lush rainforests to coastal wetlands, discover the beauty of Thailand’s avian wonders!
Don’t miss this opportunity to see the world through a birder’s lens!
January 9th Monthly Program - Motus tracking and banding of owls by Jamie Acker
Join Owl researcher Jamie Acker as he presents two programs, one about the installation of the new Motus Wildlife Tracking Station on the U.S. Coast Guard communications tower at Point No Point County Park in Hansville and the other about his efforts to band and track the changing populations and seasonal movements of Barred Owls and Saw-Whet Owls.
December 12th Monthly Program - Birds of Belize by Cindy Law
Join Cindy Law to learn more about Belize birds and a magical place called Runaway Creek Nature Preserve. Cindy is owner and manager of this 6000-acre protected area in Belize which is supported by the local nonprofit Foundation for Wildlife Conservation. Its mission is to preserve and protect endangered species while educating people about the importance of preserving their natural resources.
November 14, 2024, Monthly Program - The Salmon Way: An alaskan state of mind by Amy Gulick
Watch and listen as acclaimed photographer, writer, author, and speaker, Amy Gulick present photos and reads snippets from her award-winning book The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind. Amy inspires, educates, and motivates people to take a deep look at the importance of nature to humanity and all life on Earth.
May 9, 2024, Monthly Program - Special Birds of Mount Ranier by Jeff Antonelis-Lapp
To most residents of the region, Mount Rainier holds opportunities for camping, hiking, climbing and other outdoor pursuits. But what about its wildlife? Did you know that Mount Rainier National Park hosts three bird species protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act? Jeff Antonelis-Lapp will share fascinating stories and discuss the current status of the Northern Spotted Owl, Marbled Murrelet, and Streaked Horned Lark. This is his third presentation to Kitsap Audubon.
December 14, 2023, Monthly Program - SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF BIRD MIGRATION BY REBECCA HEISMAN
We’ve all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel, the ways that they navigate, etc. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of this out? While working for the American Ornithological Society, Rebecca Heisman became fascinated with the varied and creative techniques that scientists have used to study bird migration, and this eventually became the basis for her book. Listen to Rebecca Heisman share surprising stories from the history of bird migration research and discuss why understanding migration is so crucial for bird conservation. She is a freelance science writer who lives in Walla Walla, Washington, and has worked with the National Audubon Society, the American Bird Conservancy, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the American Ornithological Society.
January 12, 2023, Monthly Program - DEAD TREE’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE: THE ECOLOGY OF DEAD WOOD -KEN BEVIS, DNR STEWARDSHIP BIOLOGIST
What happens to trees after they die, and how does that play into the way forests work? And who lives in those dead stems? I will talk about primary cavity excavators and other denizens of this important habitat, and discuss human management of dead wood. Ken Bevis is the Stewardship Biologist for the Washington Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) Service Forestry program. His career in forestry and wildlife spans 36 years, working for the U. S. Forest Service, the Yakama Indian Nation, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (15 years) and now, DNR. He holds a BS from Virginia Tech (1979), and an MS from Central Washington University (1994), where he studied woodpeckers and dead trees. He now helps landowners learn how to manage small private forest lands for forests and wildlife. He frequently teaches workshops and classes for Washington State University Extension programs. He sings, is fascinated with dead trees and works to find humor in everything.
December 8, 2022, Monthly Program - Using Remote Acoustic Monitoring to Study Birds by Adrian Wolf
Listen to Adrian Wolf from Great Peninsula Conservancy talk about a project that uses AudioMoth acoustic devices to capture avian community response to three forest conservation practices: 1) creation of snags, den trees, and coarse woody debris, 2) creating structural diversity with patch openings, and 3) replanting with a diversity of conifers and shrubs. The project, supported by a grant from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will also facilitate a comparison between the acoustic data, traditional point count and area search data, pre- and post-intervention.
September 8, 2022, Monthly Program: CONNECTING WHALES AND PEOPLE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY STEPHANIE RAYMOND
Stephanie Raymond is Program Manager for the Orca Network, a nonprofit organization connecting whales and people in the Pacific Northwest. Formerly People for Puget Sound’s education coordinator, she has been the lead naturalist for the San Juan Clipper for the past eleven years. Stephanie is a lifelong resident of the Salish Sea watershed and is passionate about sharing its wonders with others. She has been enamored of the Southern Resident Killer Whale population since she was six years old and gave her first educational talk about whales at age eight. She holds a degree from the University of Washington in Social Issues and the Environment, joining her curiosity about the natural world with her fascination for how humans interact with it. When she’s not actively looking for or talking about whales, Stephanie enjoys sailing, gardening, and backpacking.
MAY 12, 2022, MONTHLY PROGRAM: STATE OF THE WORLD’S BIRDS, WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BY DEREK MATTHEWS.
Listen to Derek Matthews, Chair of the Vancouver Avian Research Centre, talk about its bird monitoring and banding program, provide an in-depth review of the state of the world’s birds, cover the miracle of migration and show why and how birds are making astounding journeys from breeding grounds to winter grounds and then back to breeding grounds each year and remind each of us what we can individually do to help birds and the environment. Derek is a passionate ornithologist, avian researcher and conservationist. He is a Master bird bander (A Master Bander is an individual licensed by Environment Canada to capture and band wild birds) and an NABC (North American Banding Council) Certified Trainer. With his wife Carol, he has traveled extensively, birding throughout the world in over 80 countries and they have a life list of over 5,000 species. They developed World Bird Traveler as a resource to help birders plan trips. He also leads field trips and bird tours, and hosts Bird Monitoring and Banding and Bird Identification workshops. Derek was born near London, England, and lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
April 14, 2022, Virtual Monthly Program: Seattle’s Adaptable Urban Cooper’s Hawks by Ed Deal.
Listen as Ed Deal, from Seattle’s Urban Raptor Conservancy, provides insights into these common but elusive raptors. The Seattle Cooper’s Hawk Project is one of several studies in large US cities (e.g., Tucson, Milwaukee, Albuquerque), and the only all-volunteer, citizen science project. The group has monitored the local Cooper’s Hawk population nesting density and annual nest productivity since 2012. A color-ID banding program helps us track fledgling dispersal, longevity, and adult breeding site and winter site fidelity. Ed has been studying raptors for 30 years. He currently holds a Federal Master banding permit. He and his sub-permittees have ongoing color banding studies on Peregrine Falcons, Cooper’s Hawks and Bald Eagles. The group also helps the Seattle Merlin Project with color ID banding. They collaborate with PAWS Wildlife Center to band all successfully rehabilitated hawks and owls prior to release
March 10, 2022, Virtual Monthly Program: For the Love of Hummingbirds by John Shewey
If you love Hummingbirds, this video is for you. John Shewey, author of The Hummingbird Handbook Hummingbirds presents photographs and stories about hummingbirds that will amaze and intrigue us. Their high-speed enigmatic lifestyles are a blur; their startling colors and exotic behaviors are delights. Hummingbirds also inspire us—they are like tiny ambassadors with the power to usher people into a deeper interest in and appreciation for the natural world. Catering to these frenetically fascinating birds borders on a national obsession, and author John Shewey taps into the intrigue with this program based on his new book, The Hummingbird Handbook. Join John for this fun-filled program and learn more about hummingbirds, including how to attract them to your yard, and how to be a great hummingbird host
February 10, 2022, Virtual Monthly Program: Panama’s Cloud Forest- THe Junction of bird Communities by Thomas Bancroft, PH.D.
Are you ready to go off to some exotic place but also see some of your friends? Join Kitsap Audubon for a virtual trip to Panama on February 10th. Be immersed in the sounds of Western Panama’s cloud forests as Thomas Bancroft expertly guides you through layers of gorgeous bird life, exotic flora, and a quick trip through geologic history to understand how the isthmus of Panama has influenced evolution of some of our common North American birds. Thomas Bancroft is a writer-photographer focused on the natural world. His goal is to capture people’s imagination, hopefully getting them to think about life, nature, and the importance of protecting wild things. Through stories about birds and wild places, he uses his scientific knowledge, photography, and sound recordings to help the reader see nature in a new way, slow down, and ponder the earth. His Ph.D. is in Ornithology, and he was the Vice President of the Research Department at the Wilderness Society and Chief Scientist for National Audubon. He now lives in Seattle Washington where he also serves on the scientific advisory board for Birdnote and chairs the Naturalist Group at the Mountaineers. He teaches nature courses for Eastside Audubon Society, Whidbey Island Audubon, and the Mountaineers.
January 13, 2022, Virtual Monthly Program: Virtual Field Trip of the Nisqually River Watershed by JEFF ANTONELIS-LAPP
Climb on the virtual bus leading from the Nisqually Glacier’s terminus through 78 river miles of natural history and restoration projects to the river’s runout into Puget Sound. After graduating from college, Jeff Antonelis-Lapp worked two summers at Mount Rainier National Park, igniting a connection to the mountain that endures today. He has summited the mountain, hiked all of its mapped trails, and completed the 93-mile Wonderland Trail five times. Jeff began writing Tahoma and Its People after being unable to find a current natural history for a course he planned to teach at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. He conducted over 250 days of fieldwork for the book, many of them in the company of park archaeologists, biologists, and geologists. While at Evergreen, he taught Native American Studies, natural history, environmental education, and served as the Library Dean before retiring in 2015.
December 9, 2021, Virtual Monthly Program: ROOTED: LIFE AT THE CROSSROADS OF SCIENCE, NATURE, AND SPIRIT BY LYANDA LYNN HAUP
Join award-winning author, naturalist, and eco-philosopher, Lyanda Lynn Haup, as she walks us through her newest book "Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit". Ms. Haup has written six acclaimed books on birds and nature, including Mozart’s Starling.
October 14, 2021, Virtual Monthly Program: Dead Birds Do Tell Tales: A COASST Citizen Science Story by Dr. julia Parrish
Hands-on citizen science offers an opportunity to collect environmental data over stretches of space and time that no research lab could hope to attain on its own. Join Dr. Julia Parrish as she presents about the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) - a 21-year-old environmental citizen science project that trains participants to identify what floats in on the tide. Dr. Parrish is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington, where she holds a Lowell A. and Frankie L. Wakefield Professorship in Ocean Fishery Sciences. She is a marine biologist, conservation biologist, and specialist in citizen science. She is also the Executive Director of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team.
May 13, 2021, Virtual Monthly Program: Special Birds of Mt. Rainier by Jeff Antonelis-Lapp
Join educator, naturalist, and writer Jeff Antonelis-Lapp for Special Birds of Mount Rainier, an image-rich presentation on the natural history and status of three birds protected under the Endangered Species Act. After quizzing ourselves on some common mountain birds, we’ll get up close to northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets, and streaked horned larks to learn about their status and the creative ways that biologists monitor them.
March 11, 2021, VIRTUAL MONTHLY PROGRAM: A TALE OF TWO PUFFINS: RHINOCEROS AUKLETS AND TUFTED PUFFINS BY SCOTT PEARSON
Scott will orient you to the remarkable seascape inhabited by both species in coastal Washington. He will focus much of his talk on the work that he and others are conducting to better understand the status and trends of both species, including comparing and contrasting their diet, reproduction and habitat use. Finally, he will discuss population threats, potential conservation actions, and future research and management needs.
Scott is a senior research scientist with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, where he supervises the west-side research team. In addition, Scott conducts his own research on rare and threatened species, with a focus on assessing population trends, identifying factors contributing to population declines, and the effectiveness of management actions. He is currently studying the tufted puffin, marbled murrelet, streaked horned lark, snowy plover, and the impact of pinnipeds on listed salmon.
FEBRUARY 11, 2021, VIRTUAL MONTHLY PROGRAM: TRACK SEASONAL EVENTS OF BIRDS AND THEIR HABITATS WITH NATURE’S NOTEBOOK by ERIN POSTHUMUS
Phenology is the study of the seasons – when plants leaf out and bloom, birds migrate, and insects emerge. As temperatures warm and precipitation patterns change, phenology of many species is changing, and not always at the same rate. Migratory birds in particular face mismatches in timing between breeding periods and food resources, with cascading impacts on their ecosystems. In this presentation we will look at what we know about the challenges birds are facing, how they are coping, and how you can help document the changes in phenology happening around us by contributing to Nature’s Notebook. Erin is an Outreach Coordinator & Liaison to the USFWS for the USA National Phenology Network - www.usanpn.org
December 10, 2020, Virtual Monthly Program: THE EUREKA MOMENTUM ALWAYS ON THE BRINK OF DISCOVERY: THE ARDUOUS WORK OF BORNEAN FIELD ORNITHOLOGY - BY DAN FROEHLICH
When you’re tackling “one of the biggest remaining biogeographic puzzles of modern times” you’ve got to bring stamina and perseverance. Eureka moments in Field Ornithology aren’t pursued with a peak experience at dawn on top of a mountain, but by slogging through day after day in tough conditions on the quest for one bit of data after another: we’re looking for puzzle pieces scattered in the jungle, wondering what the picture we put together will look like.
NOVEMBER 12, 2020, VIRTUAL MONTHLY PROGRAM: TAHOMA’S BIGGEST STORIES BY JEFF ANTONELIS-LAPP
Did you know that Native Americans have traveled to Mount Rainier for over 9,000 years to gather resources unavailable near their lowland villages? Did you know that the effects of climate change extend far beyond the mountain’s retreating glaciers? Join Jeff Antonelis-Lapp, Emeritus Faculty at The Evergreen State College, for Tahoma’s Biggest Stories, an image-rich book talk from Tahoma and Its People, his natural history of Mount Rainier National Park, published this spring by Washington State University Press. Tahoma and Its People was recently selected as a finalist in the Banff Mountain Book Competition. Learn more at https://jeffantonelis-lapp.com/
October 8, 2020, Virtual Monthly Program: Birds of the Badlands and beyond Road Trip to North Dakota by Janine Schutt
Take a virtual road trip with local award-winning wildlife photographer Janine Schutt. In July, Janine took a 6-state, 2-week, 4,000-mile birding trip to western North Dakota—the perfect place for social distancing. She will share stories and photos of scenery, birds, and critters large and small from her solo adventure through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and North Dakota. The colorful slideshow will be highlighted by Theodore Roosevelt National Park, multiple national wildlife refuges and other birding hotspots. Janine Schutt is a past president of Kitsap Audubon Society and the 2016 recipient of the Kingfisher Award. She works as a paraeducator for the Central Kitsap School District and as a contract chaplain with the Department of Corrections through the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle. Janine is also the bird columnist for the bi-monthly West Sound Home & Garden magazine.
