Category: Study Weekend
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2026 WBA Annual Study Weekend, Goldendale, Washington
Wings Over Goldendale June 12-14 This year’s conference will be in the Goldendale area where we expect to see butterflies not common in the rest of the state, including the large, black Indra Swallowtail, as well as the Propertius Duskywing and the Gold Hunter’s Hairstreak. Weekend field trips can visit varied habitats, from the steep…
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Get ready for Wings Over Yakima
The WBA Annual Study Weekend June 20-22, 2025 Register Soon! South Fork Ahtanum River Butterflies Join the Washington Butterfly Association for a weekend of engaging conversations with butterfly experts and enthusiasts to learn about some of the 69 butterfly species found in Yakima County. Socializing and refreshments begin Friday at 6:00 PM in the Yakima…
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Idie Ulsh Young Naturalist Scholarship
A Scholarship for the WBA Butterfly Study Weekend This year we will meet in Goldendale, Washington, June 12-14, 2026. About WBA The Washington Butterfly Association (WBA) is a non-profit organization created to promote a better understanding of the natural world through appreciation of our native butterflies. We welcome people of all ages, children to adults.…
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WBA Annual Butterfly Weekend 2025
Wings Over Yakima – June 20-22 Hello fellow butterfly enthusiasts! As previously announced, we will once again gather in the rugged wilderness of the Yakima Valley. The last time we visited the area was on the west side of the valley during the 2009 study weekend. This time, we will venture into the heart of…
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Ritzville – 2024 WBA Study Weekend
Our Annual WBA study weekend at Ritzville June 7-9 in the heart of the “Scabland Wonderland” was held under mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures. The butterflies responded and we were treated to greater diversity and abundance than we were expecting. My scouting trip of the area in late May yielded 17 species (under admittedly…
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Ritzville 2024 Preview with David James
Coming soon! Are you excited about our Study Weekend in Ritzville? On Monday June 3 at 7 pm, David James will give us a preview of some of the sites we will visit during our WBA Annual Conference weekend, in the Ritzville area over June 7-9. Finally don’t forget to order your conference T-shirt! from…
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2023 Silent Auction
We did it – we held an auction for the first time, post-pandemic, at the Metaline Falls Study Weekend. A certain “at-large” member of the board with a cast and crew of appointed and self-appointed volunteers dazzled the crowd with potential take home treasures, many butterfly themed. Approaching showtime, several chaotic plans were hatched and…
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2023 WBA Study Weekend
Pend Oreille County is a place we rarely visit perhaps because it is in the far-right hand corner of the state! But it is a treasure-trove of butterflies and this year we will be making the trek there for our annual butterfly study weekend on July 21-23. We will headquarter in Metaline Falls which is…
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2022 Study Weekend: Dayton and Blue Mountains
Click on any photo to view in Gallery with captions. Carl Barrentine has provided a short YouTube clip on Friday night‘s mothing: https://youtu.be/9PY47mOpDBQ G’num2022Vol23No3
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2022 WBA Study Weekend
A Bare Bones Excursion into the Blue Mountains After two years of being held hostage by the COVID virus, the WBA Board has decided to go ahead with a study weekend for 2022. It will be held on the second weekend of July in Dayton, Washington. The Board is still finalizing the program as many…
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2019 WBA Study Weekend Report
Colville, Sherman Pass and the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge First of all, we should celebrate the fact that this cooperative effort between WBA and the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge was likely to be the largest Fourth of July butterfly count ever held in Washington! The 42 participants who gathered on June…
