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We made it
We made it to the shortest day of the year. Like a lot of other days in 2025, I spent part of it looking at birds. Today I went out to Raccoon Point on Sauvie Island. I watched a massive flock of Snow Geese hang out on the water and
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November
It's been warm for November. There are nasturtiums and calendula blooming in the yard and I've been weeding out borage and California poppy that are trying to sprout. I know this is the new normal, which is really just everything being abnormal. It has also meant
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October!
Fall kinda sorta arrived in October though there were a lot of super warm days and not nearly enough rain. John and I celebrated our 17th anniversary(!!) by spending 5 days staying at the Malheur Field Station in the Malheir Wildlife Refuge just south of Burns. The Field Station is
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August - Part 2
Have you ever heard about someone and just know you need to meet them? Earlier this year I heard that a Portland birder named Thomas was doing what is known as a birding Big Year by bike. I do most of my birding by bike and have really only met