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Events

2026

The first of our new FREE Speaker Series Events:

July 21, Tues, 7:00-8:30 pm, Wenatchee Valley College, Jack and Edna Maguire Conference Center, Wenatchee.
Paid parking available on campus for a small fee, or free street parking as available.

July 22, Wednesday, 7:00-8:30, Winthrop Barn, 51 N. Hwy 20, Winthrop.

Birds of the Wind – The Lives and Times of Northwest Shorebirds

Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper – WASHINGTON, Grays Harbor Co., Ocean Shores
7 September 2014, Netta Smith photo

This photo-illustrated lecture will focus on the natural history of Pacific Northwest shorebirds, discussing in depth their foraging, migration, and breeding. Learn why shorebirds are even more interesting than you thought! The lecture will also focus on the species expected in fall in the Washington interior.

WASHINGTON, Clallam Co. Hurricane Ridge, 5000′ 24 September 2025 Netta Smith photo

Dennis Paulson has studied nature all of his adult life. He received his PhD at the University of Miami in 1966, then moved to Seattle, where he has lived ever since. Until retirement, he was the Director of the Puget Sound Museum of Natural History at the University of Puget Sound. He has traveled extensively to enjoy and photograph nature in all the world’s biomes and written over 75 scientific papers and 10 books about nature, primarily on birds and dragonflies.