George Walter's Talk on Developing and Writing a Weekly Column on Birds

Since 2022, George Walter has been writing Thurston’s Birds column in The JOLT.

George will be giving a presentation at the South Sound Bird Alliance's monthly meeting (formerly the Black Hills Audubon Society). The talk is about his Thurston’s Birds column, illustrated with many of Liam Hutcheson’s best bird photographs. Liam is a 19-year-old Olympia area birder and avid photographer.

With over forty years of experience in bird watching, George Walter has been involved in Washington Big Years as well as the Olympia Christmas Bird Count. In addition to his journalism and birding, George has been working on Nisqually watershed issues since 1977, when Billy Frank first recruited him to help build the environmental side of the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Natural Resources Department.

There are two ways to enjoy this program. You can come to Temple Beth Hatfiloh (201 8th Ave. SE, Olympia) to watch the speaker live and enjoy the company of others, OR you can register to watch from home via Zoom.

The event is on Thursday, Nov. 12 at Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 8^th Ave. SE in Olympia. Social time starts at 6:30 p.m. and the program at 7 p.m.