Birdability

Saturday October 17, 2026

Birdability Week is a celebration of birders with disabilities and other health concerns, as well as an opportunity to share resources and ideas to help the birding community become accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to everybody! It is an annual collection of events the third week of each October, drawing inspiration from other inclusive celebrations such as #BlackBirdersWeek, Latino Conservation Week and Let’s Go Birding Together.

Birdability Week returns October 19 through 25, 2026, and we cannot wait to gather again in celebration of access, belonging, and the deep joy of birds.

Restoring Central Oregon Habitat Means Protecting Native Plants

Central Oregon is home to a remarkable forest and shrubland ecosystem shaped in part by western juniper, Juniperus occidentalis. These native trees are more than scenery. They are habitat workhorses.

Save our Migrating Birds

Light pollution can confuse and disrupt their migration, using up energy reserves that are badly needed. Light pollution can attract migrating birds into urban areas and increase the likelihood of bird collisions into reflective glass.

Green Ridge Raptor Survey for 2026

Mark your calendars! After a two-year hiatus East Cascades Bird Alliance is resuming our Green Ridge Raptor Survey for 2026.
Bald Eagle, photo by Chuck Gates

White-faced Ibis, photo by Lane Wintermute

Klamath Basin Wildlife Call to Action

Botulism is again active and spreading quickly at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath NWR. The conditions are similar to the time of July through October 2024 when over 150,000 waterfowl and shorebirds perished from botulism. The greatest potential for botulism is with shallow stagnant or very slow-moving water. Those are the current conditions at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath NWRs. If those conditions do not change then the consequences will be catastrophic.
White-faced Ibis, photo by Lane Wintermute

ECBA Pinyon Jay Survey Effort at Nesting Sites in Central Oregon, March-May 2026

Pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), a Central Oregon corvid species, is currently under review for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and has been identified as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) by the state of Oregon in their 2026 State Wildlife Action Plan.
Pinyon Jays, photo by Abbott Schindler

Sagebrushers Art Society

ECBA member, Ken Meyer will be hosting his photography exhibition at 61545 Twin Lake Loop, Bend, OR 97702 from 11am to 4:00pm September 26 and 27.
Save the dates and look for maps in September.

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