Event Title: Future Takes Flight; An Evening with Friends
Date/Time: Saturday October 10th, 2026
Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon, 61980 Skyline Ranch Rd, Bend, OR 97703
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.
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.
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
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
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