Winter Solstice – Kingfishers Bring Halcyon Days
Two kingfishers in flight weave the frayed fabric of the sky, repairing, restoring, and painting their favorite…
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birds | conservation | Nature | trees | wildlife
Of Varied Thrushes, a Douglas Squirrel, and a Bib for the Calico Cat
Every shortening day, the drama unfolds out our back window in the pine woods of Bend, Oregon….
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conservation | Nature | Rivers | trees | wildlife
Saving Ponderosa 58
The ancient ponderosa of the upper Imnaha River bears a ring of blue paint on the front…
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birds | conservation | Nature | ocean | Philosophy
What Makes a Halcyon Day?
When I set out to follow the belted kingfisher, I started with the intrigue of a definition….
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climate change | conservation | flowers | hiking | Nature | trees
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Fire
Fire crackles and pops in our living room wood stove. I’m cozying up on this fall morning…
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Finding the Ancient Mariner in a Crab Shell
“Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze – On…
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butterflies | camping | flowers | hiking | Nature | Rivers | Wilderness
Wildflowers Flow from the High Wallowas
Flood alert in the high Wallowas! Wildflowers are surging, overflowing meadows, and crushing the headwater springs with…
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birds | camping | flowers | Nature | Wilderness
Song of the Summer: Swainson’s Thrush Aria
From Glacier National Park to Oregon’s coastal forests, one bird sings its way into our hearts all…
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Communing with a Cormorant Colony- the purposeful watch
Flute song spirals up into the trees along the coastal trail to the pelagic cormorant colony. Swainson’s…
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