OIOpublisher Corvallis, OR – The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and federal U.S. Forest Service remind visitors to the Oregon coast that it is plover nesting season — visitors can help recovery efforts for the…
Category: Birds
Trying to See: Bird Brains – Bufflehead Battles and Kauai Chickens
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 sun sets…
TRYING TO SEE: From BB Guns to Bird Waltzing
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 to see…
TRYING TO SEE: Bird Brains
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 something in…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Firearms, Worker Shortages, and a Note About Birds
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 killed 10…
A yearly cycle: What’s going on outside? Birds and Gardens in my Nehalem Neighborhood
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 gardening news!…
It’s Snowy Plover Season! Give Them Space – Protect Threatened Shorebird, Respect Nesting Areas March 15 – Sept. 15
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. 15. Beachgoers will…
Wildlife Center of the North Coast Annual Founder’s Event – Online Auction Opens Oct. 10th; Tickets to event Oct. 17th available now
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 Center’s doors…
Snowy Plovers Making Comeback on Nehalem Spit – Use Caution, Care When Walking on Certain Beaches
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 intruding on…
Tufted Puffins Have Returned to Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach
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 already found…