ECBA News

Caring for Winter Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are remarkable little survivors. Despite their tiny bodies and extraordinarily high metabolisms, some can endure winter conditions that seem almost impossible. But surviving an occasional freezing night and surviving weeks of severe winter weather are two very different things.
Photo by Linda Conrad

Seven Simple Actions to Help Birds

In 2019, scientists documented North America’s staggering loss of nearly 3 billion breeding birds since 1970. Helping birds can be as simple as making changes to everyday habits. Here’s our quick list of 7 Simple Actions you can take to help birds.
Article courtesy of Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

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.

Birdability

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!

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

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.

Future Takes Flight

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

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Birding Tour 2026

A video tour of a few of the many bird species found on Oregon's Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
photographer Lane Wintermute

Deschutes Land Trust Bird Surveys

Love to visit birding hot spots? Excited about birds, but don't know where to start? Looking to connect with the land in a new way? Become a Land Trust bird surveyor!
Goldfinch, photo by Kris Kristovich