Klamath Bird Observatory
Banding Trip to Wildlife Images

Come experience bird science in action with Klamath Bird Observatory! We’ll carpool from Ashland to visit our banding station near Wildlife Images for a half-day, family-friendly outing. Get an up-close look at both resident and migratory birds, including fledglings from this season! Meet KBO scientists and bird banding interns, and learn about mist netting, data collection, and the bird life cycle. Explore career pathways in wildlife biology, ornithology, and field research. We especially encourage students and young folks to attend! This is a donation-based event, and your contribu-tions help support our dedicated scientists and interns. Space is limited. For more information and to register, visit https://klamathbird.org/callnote/join-kbo-biologists-for-our-final-bird-banding-trip-of-the-year/.
DATE: Friday, September 19th
TIME: 6:30 AM – 12 PM
LOCATION: Wildlife Images, Grants Pass
COST: Donation-based

September ZOOM Program
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025 at 7:00 pm
RaptorQuest: Chasing America’s Raptors
With Scott Harris

Note: The speaker will be virtual this month, but during the presenta-tion we will be hosting a watch party with snacks and refreshments at the church. Please join us!
Scott Harris spent 17 months, chasing 53 raptors across 34 states – his version of a Raptor Big Year. His book RaptorQuest: Chasing America’s Raptors is about his adventures, misadventures, successes, and failures along the way. From -36 degree days, to ones over 100 degrees, to just getting on the bird just in time, to the frustrations of missing one by minutes. It’s about the birds – of course – but it’s also about the people he met, the things he learned, and why he’s already working on his next adventure.

About the Speaker:
Scott Harris became an avid birder when he and his wife, Randi, retired to South Carolina in March of 2020. It was a hobby he never imagined himself participating in, but now can’t imagine living without. Scott has written more than fifty books in the past ten years, but RaptorQuest is his first entrée into the world of birding and birds. In addition to his writ-ing, Scott also hosts a podcast – NaturallyScott – that focuses on birds, wildlife, and the great outdoors, and just signed a book deal for his upcoming book Why We Love Birds: 52 Birders on Birding.
In addition to his bird-related hobbies, Scott has the largest collection of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley in the world, and plays harmonica in a blues band.

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.