Willamette Chapter ARS
Salem, Oregon
All are welcome to our chapter meetings which are free and open to the public. They are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from September through May. Our meeting may be in person or via Zoom. Meeting information will be sent to members via email and newsletter and also announced on this website. In person meetings will be held in a meeting room at La Margarita Restaurant and Grill, 545 Ferry Street SE, Salem, Oregon, with dinner at 5:00 p.m. and meeting/program to follow. There is a parking lot on east side of building.
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NEXT MEETING
February 11, 2026
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Harry Fuller
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GARDEN BIRDS:
HOW THEY USE YOUR GARDEN
AND NEIGHBORHOOD
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Think of insects, seeds, nectar, fruit, earthworms and other food sources. Water. Habitat, cover, nesting and roosting sites.
Harry Fuller will fill us in about bird life all around us. He is a Salem, Oregon birder and natural history writer of many articles, website and blog entries, and four books—Freeway Birding; Birding Harney County; Great Gray Owls of California, Oregon and Washington; and San Francisco's Natural History--Sand Dunes to Streetcars. His contributes occasional bird essays to the Salem Reporter website. He is a member of the Salem Audubon Society and currently leads field trips for the Malheur Field Station in eastern Oregon as well as for Salem Audubon and Polk County Soil Conservation. Baskett Slough and Cornerstone Preserve are favorite birding locations. You can catch his blog ecowise at
https://ecowise.wordpress.com.
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS
​April 21—25, 2026: ARS Annual Convention,
Rhododendrons and Companions
in a Changing Climate
Qualicum Beach, Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada
Registration is now open at
marsrhodos.ca
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