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Trying to See: Bird Brains – Bufflehead Battles and Kauai Chickens

EditorNovember 4, 2022

By Michael Randall Taking time to notice little things gives one both pleasure and pain. Near my home, I watch through a thin tangle of newly budding willows as the […]

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TRYING TO SEE: From BB Guns to Bird Waltzing

EditorNovember 1, 2022

By Michael Randall When I was around ten years old and had a new BB gun, I shot at a robin high up in a walnut tree. I was stunned […]

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TRYING TO SEE: Bird Brains

EditorOctober 30, 2022

By Michael Randall A long time ago in a public park far away, back when I thought birds were just a minor part of the landscape, I saw a white […]

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NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Firearms, Worker Shortages, and a Note About Birds

EditorJune 6, 2022

By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 In the aftermath of last week’s mass shootings, we are all heartsick and yearning for some kind of meaningful solution. A white supremacist […]

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A yearly cycle:  What’s going on outside? Birds and Gardens in my Nehalem Neighborhood

EditorMarch 31, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTE:  What are you seeing outside your window?  Questions about gardening? Please send to editor@tillamookcountypioneer.net and we’ll check with Master Gardeners and other long-time local gardeners.  Watch for more […]

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It’s Snowy Plover Season! Give Them Space – Protect Threatened Shorebird, Respect Nesting Areas March 15 – Sept. 15

EditorMarch 16, 2022

Salem, OR—Beachgoers are urged to help recovery efforts of the threatened western snowy plover by staying on the wet sand at snowy plover beaches during nesting season, March 15 – Sept. […]

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Wildlife Center of the North Coast Annual Founder’s Event – Online Auction Opens Oct. 10th; Tickets to event Oct. 17th available now

EditorOctober 7, 2021

Astoria, OR, October 1, 2021 – Please join your local Wildlife Center for their 2021 virtual Founder’s Event. This annual fundraiser helps raise critical funds needed to keep the Wildlife […]

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Snowy Plovers Making Comeback on Nehalem Spit – Use Caution, Care When Walking on Certain Beaches

EditorJune 17, 2021

EDITOR’S NOTE: From Nehalem Bay State Park – There has been an uptick in dog-walking traffic within the Snowy Plover Management Area. Locals and visitors are asked to refrain from […]

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Tufted Puffins Have Returned to Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach

EditorApril 23, 2021

Haystack Rock is home to the largest Tufted Puffin breeding colony in Oregon. In early April approximately 100 individual puffins show up at Haystack Rock. Most of the puffins have […]

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Bird Monitoring Training Sessions Coming Up Soon – Learn about opportunities to get outside and get involved in recorded webinar or sign-up for training now

EditorMarch 31, 2021

Astoria, OR: Oregon’s north coast is home to a wide array of birds each spring and summer, from seabirds like cormorants, common murres, brown pelicans, and tufted puffins to shorebirds like […]

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