activism | birds | climate change | conservation | Nature | travel
Driving Home in the Arctic Freeze, I Hit a Songbird
Driving well below the speed limit, I took a day and a half to cover the 600…
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birds | forests | Nature | trees | Wilderness
Wisdom of Ancient Western Junipers
“What would the Juniper hairstreak butterfly do without the tree that bears its name? How about the…
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backyards | birds | conservation | forests | Nature
A Carousel of Pygmy Nuthatches
Yesterday, I counted 13 Pygmy Nuthatches on one caged suet block–sending the feeder spinning like a carousel….
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Friendship Like Feathers: November poems
As November comes to a close here in Bend, Oregon, I am settling into the shorter days,…
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birds | climate change | conservation | family | forests | kingfisher
A Kingfisher Runs Through It
“You can love completely without complete understanding.”—Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories When…
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activism | climate change | conservation | forests | hiking | oregon | Wilderness
Drift Creek Wilderness– A Tribute
I’m drifting back in time in Drift Creek Wilderness, the largest remaining protected ancient forest in the…
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activism | birds | conservation | kingfisher | Nature
Colliding into Glass
I’m lying on my back on the floor after running headfirst into a window and striking hard…
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Fall Poems Inspired by Paintings and Photographs
Autumn is here and swirling with the gifts of rain at last in Central Oregon. Rain is…
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art | conservation | Nature | Wilderness | wildlife
Refugia of the Blue Mountains
Refugia- wildlands, wild rivers, and wild pockets offering safe havens and passage for native plants and wildlife…
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