Home for wildlife, including birds, means more than just a place to sit on your nest. Home is where you find food and shelter, fresh water, protection from inclement weather and predators, resources to build that nest in spring or…
Habitat Haven held its first annual tour of local native-plant gardens Sunday, May 3. Nearly 200 people visited some or all of the ten featured yards! Attendee Kevin O’Brien summed up the overall response of visitors: “I’ve learned that our…
It was unusual to hear scampering coming from overhead. Our dogs have not yet mastered climbing into the attic space, so we knew it was something uninvited. Rats! I’m fine with the wood rats that live among the trees and…
Right now, millions of birds are heading to their breeding grounds. Migration is energy-intensive and risky, but the payoff is to end up in a place where it’s easy to find a mate and where resources for raising the young…
In January some of our members attended a presentation on the importance of native plants by Doug Tallamy and heard an array of speakers at the Willamette Valley Bird Symposium. Although there were many synergies, one stood out—discussions on the…
We have an opportunity to help pass a bill that would directly support Oregon wildlife and habitat. Legislators will consider the “One Percent for Wildlife” bill in February, during the short session of the Oregon legislature. The bill raises the…
ONE PERCENT FOR WILDLIFE BILL. Write your legislators in support of this bill to fund conservation for imperiled wildlife and their habitats. This bill would raise the hotel and vacation lodging tax by 1.25% – and Oregon’s rate would still be among…
I recall fondly one evening standing in a cold room lit only by red lights and being fascinated by the dramatic undulations of two individuals engaged in an intimate dance. No, I was not in a club watching human dating…
The Coast to Cascades Bird Alliance wants to support The Institute for Bird Populations as their long-term studies have been a huge database resource of avian population studies for protecting the wilderness and forested areas. FMI: www.birdpop.org The text of…
Question: What do you get when you put together several area environmental organizations? Answer: A Bird Festival! Join us on Sunday, October 12, at Alton Baker Park for Wings on Willamette, a World Migratory Bird Day Festival.We will start at…