A Crackle of Grackles
Back in Bend with three-feet of snow, and pine siskins grasping icicles before flitting to feeders, I’m…
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True Love for Truly Bird Friendly Coffee
I have a Valentine’s Day confession to make. I truly love that first sip of morning coffee…
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birds | conservation | Nature
Fly Away Home- Junco Rescue
Thunk! The sound of a songbird hitting a window sends us running outside. At my side is a…
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birds | conservation | Nature
Tune into a Christmas Bird Count
To spend a full day identifying and counting birds on the 119th annual Christmas Bird Count is…
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Take the Apple Core Challenge
Are you about to throw that apple core out your car window? Stop! And save a bird. Take the Thanksgiving apple core challenge.
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architecture | birds | conservation | Nature | trees
Swift Ballet
Aerial ballet. A thousand sky dancers spin around the brick chimney. Gather to watch in downtown Bend,…
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bees | birds | butterflies | flowers | Nature
In Praise of Bees in Our Yards
A burly bumblebee nose dives into the unfurling gold petals of a California poppy and vanishes. I…
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birds | butterflies | camping | Nature | Rivers
Metolius River – Birds, Bliss & Butterflies
Saunter. This is the way to know the Metolius River in June. A Common Yellowthroat (a sunny…
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Kingfishers Nesting at Fossil Point
Evening sunlight melts like golden honey oozing from the Pacific horizon across Coos Bay to lap upon…
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The Bird that Sings the Mountains
Of all birds, the white-crowned sparrow sings the high peaks into their perpetual place of beauty, sings…
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