Birding just doesn't get the props it deserves. For one, birding and bird watching are fun for geriatrics and non-geriatrics alike. Most folks assume it's only something the old can get into, but they're wrong. Second, birding vests with a bunch of crazy pockets are hella sexy. Just trust us on that one.

Saturday, the Tahoma Audubon Society celebrates its 43rd year with its annual membership banquet and awards ceremony at the Tacoma Landmark Convention Center. According to hype, at the Tahoma Audubon Society Banquet, "Wildlife biologist and photographer Vasiliy Baranyuk will present ‘Snow Geese and other Wildlife of the Wrangel Island Nature Reserve.'"

And that's just the start of the awesomeness (which, yes, does include a live dessert auction and the 2012 board elections).

[Landmark Convention Center's Temple Theater Ballroom, 5:30-9 p.m., $50 per person, 47 St. Helens Ave., Tacoma, tahomaaudubon.org]