Dr. Steve Hampton offers “Birds and Climate Change” at the next Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society (OPAS) meeting, set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, in Rainshadow Hall at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road.
In June 1977, I left Seyðisfjörður, a town of 900 people at the end of a fjord on the east coast of Iceland. With Geoff Hunter, I hoped to kayak 1,500 miles, to circumnavigate the island. I looked up at the snow-covered mountains and felt a chill of apprehension.
Local birding expert Bob Boekelheide will present “Bird Migration” at the net Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society (OPAS) meeting set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 2, in the Rainshadow Hall at Dungeness River Nature Center,1943 W. hendrickson Road.
After a grueling two-day journey, my wife Robin and I rested in the lobby of the beautiful Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina … the starting point of our five week Patagonia expedition. The next several days were spent experiencing this thriving port-side capital defined by its rich history, vibrant culture and strong European influence — thus nicknamed the Paris of South America.