First Annual Youth Scholarship Winner Announced!
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”.
The East Cascades Bird Alliance is pleased to announce the winner of its first annual Youth Scholarship – Mason Jeffries, a student at Trinity Lutheran in Bend, Oregon.
Mission
East Cascades Bird Alliance seeks to foster knowledge and appreciation of birds and their habitats by all people through education, outings, and field studies that will inspire actions to protect wild birds and the places they need to thrive.
ECBA News >
Current Activity at the Golden Eagle Nest
Ayama Returns! Continue watching and and talking about the magnificent Golden Eagle Nest at Whychus Creek in Sisters, OR
ECBA Member Laurel Collins Wins First Place in OBA Photo Contest
White-faced Ibis in Harney County, by ECBA member Laurel Collins, was the First Place May, 2025 Oregon Birding Association (OBA) photo contest winner.
Glass Act: Saving Birds From Windows
Picture the perfect morning: songbird voices filling the air with their joyful chorus, announcing the new day. Then a sickening thud. Sadly, this heart-wrenching sound is all too familiar.
Watch Ayama Leave the Nest!
The Whychus Creek Golden Eaglet, Ayama, fledges on June 4, 2025
The Pinyon Jay Project (Update)
Nine ECBA volunteers signed up for training in late March 2025 to help the US Fish and Wildlife Service conduct field surveys of Pinyon Jays (PJs). Photo courtesy of Abbott Schindler