First Wednesday Bird Walk

Join RVAS for our monthly outing to Denman Wildlife Area. Walks begin at 8:30 am and end before noon, and are led by Jim Hostick. The gate will be open from 8:00 – 8:20 am. Participants need to purchase an ODFW Area Parking Permit at the ODFW Office, Sportsman’s Warehouse on Delta Waters and Highway 62 in Medford, or at Bi-Mart. We request that all participants be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Directions to meeting spot: We will meet at the entrance off Agate Rd. between 1/4 and 1/2 mile past the fire station on the left side of the road. Coming out Table Rock Rd., turn right on Antelope Rd. and go to the light on Agate Rd. and turn left. The fire station will be on your left at the corner of Ave. G and Agate Rd. Go 1/4 to /12 mile past the fire station and the gate will be on your left. Coming out on Highway 62 to Antelope Rd., turn left and go to the next light. Turn right and continue to the gate on Agate Rd.

Attention, Curiosity, Wonder: An Introduction to Nature Journaling

SOU Science Lecture Hall (1250 Ashland St, Ashland, OR 97520)

Sunday October 11, 10:30 am to noon

FREE! Seating is first-come, first-served.

Join us for a special lecture with scientist, educator, and author John (Jack) Muir Laws! His framework for nature journaling opens doors to rich discovery, creative thinking, and deep connection to place – and it’s accessible and welcoming for everyone. All you need is a notebook, a pencil, and your curiosity.

In this lecture, Jack will share his approach to journaling, and you’ll get to see how his close observation and curiosity take shape on the page in real time. Expect to be amazed, engaged, and inspired to start or deepen your own nature journaling practice.

This lecture is offered free of charge thanks to generous support from the following organizations:

• Bee Regenerative
• Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
• Klamath Bird Observatory
• KS Wild
• Native Plant Society of Oregon – Siskiyou Chapter
• Pacific Forest Trust
• Pollinator Project Rogue Valley
• Rogue Valley Audubon
• ScienceWorks
• Siskiyou Field Institute
• Southern Oregon Land Conservancy
• Southern Oregon University

Birding at White City Lagoons

Sunday, October 18, at 8:30am

Check out the shorebirds and ducks at this unique restoration project formerly known as Kirtland Ponds with bird biologist Frank Lospalluto. The Lagoons are an eBird hotspot: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L463228. During this slow walk on gravel and dirt trails, we will tip our hat to the memorial bench honoring birder and wildlife biologist Norm Barrett who was instrumental in the creation of the White City Lagoons. This is a facility of the Rogue Valley Service who are gracefully hosting this site and restored it for birds and the people who love them. Please only park in the designated parking area by the kiosk. Located about 4 miles off I-5, exit 35 (Blackwell Rd). Bear right onto Kirtland Rd (Hwy 140 East/Hwy 62), left at White City Lagoons sign, left to public parking.

For more information:  coprolitemergie@yahoo.com

Tuesday October 27, 2026 at 7PM

Tracking Lewis’s Woodpecker Migration Using Motus Technology with Kaly Adkins

Virtual Zoom Presentation Only

Come learn about how wildlife biologists from the state, a variety of NGOs and Cal Poly Humboldt have collaborated to learn about migratory pathways of Lewis’s Woodpeckers throughout the PNW using Motus wildlife tracking technology. This technology can be expanded to a variety of small-bodied wildlife and is helping to unravel the mystery of migration for many of these species. Kaly Adkins is a Regional Wildlife Diversity Biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Bend that specializes in species of greatest conservation need east of the crest of the Cascades in Oregon.

Kaly Adkins, Regional Wildlife Diversity Biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife in Bend, specializes in species of greatest conservation need. She will be presenting the work of wildlife biologists from the State of Oregon, Cal Poly Humboldt, and non-government organizations and their ongoing efforts to collect data, with assistance from Motus wildlife tracking technology, about the migratory pathways of the Lewis’s woodpecker, yellow rail and silver-haired and hoary bats. To gain more information prior to the program, a podcast with Kaly and Northwest Nature Matters is available: https://myowf.org/nwnm

First Wednesday Bird Walk

Join RVAS for our monthly outing to Denman Wildlife Area. Walks begin at 8:30 am and end before noon, and are led by Jim Hostick. The gate will be open from 8:00 – 8:20 am. Participants need to purchase an ODFW Area Parking Permit at the ODFW Office, Sportsman’s Warehouse on Delta Waters and Highway 62 in Medford, or at Bi-Mart. We request that all participants be vaccinated for COVID-19.

Directions to meeting spot: We will meet at the entrance off Agate Rd. between 1/4 and 1/2 mile past the fire station on the left side of the road. Coming out Table Rock Rd., turn right on Antelope Rd. and go to the light on Agate Rd. and turn left. The fire station will be on your left at the corner of Ave. G and Agate Rd. Go 1/4 to /12 mile past the fire station and the gate will be on your left. Coming out on Highway 62 to Antelope Rd., turn left and go to the next light. Turn right and continue to the gate on Agate Rd.