Birds

This is a subspecies of horned lark found in western Washington and Oregon that was recently listed as Threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Their range is broken into three areas:  the Washington Puget lowlands, the WA coast and lower Columbia River islands (including dredge spoils), and the Oregon Willamette Valley.  The current […]

“Owl,” said Rabbit shortly, “you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest–and when I say thinking I mean thinking–you and I must do it.”  A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner This is a small owl with a wide breeding distribution across North

I saw him, quite by chance, among The Crowding leaves.  He didn’t lift His head as he pored over his wood-text. Ashamed of the binocular intrusion, Like breath on eggs or love pressed too far, I’m trying to pretend I never saw him. –The Nuthatch, Bernard O’Donoghue This is a small, energetic songbird that can

“Warbles and trills and solo after solo … the air was magically busy. None of us spoke while the songs of the birds poured undiluted. I suppose we were afraid the spate of loveliest sound would vanish if we broke it with so much as a whisper. But after a bit came the realization that

There go the little Dobchicks, among the tall rushes and aquatic grasses that border the marsh. They have seen me, and now I watch them as they sink gently backwards into the deep water, in the manner of frightened frogs. Cunning things! “Water-witches,” as they call you, I clearly see your bills, although you have