June in Malheur: A time for watching babies
Within 100 yards of the Crane's Nature Center and Shop, where we worked, there were 5 species of birds with moms either sitting on eggs or feeding hatchlings. Those...
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Within 100 yards of the Crane's Nature Center and Shop, where we worked, there were 5 species of birds with moms either sitting on eggs or feeding hatchlings. Those...
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photos by Dan Streiffert The gadwall (Mareca strepera) is a medium-sized dabbling duck of shallow freshwater wetlands, marshes, ponds, and lakes with abundant aquatic vegetation. Widespread...
Written by Lauren Gramberg, OSU Masters Student This summer, a new pollinator project hit the ground running in the Steens Mountain region, led by Dr. Jim Rivers and Dr....
We are thrilled to announce that we are the 2024 recipients of the National Wildlife Refuge Association's (NWRA) prestigious O'Brian Prize. This award is distributed annually to one or...
The 2023 Saline Lakes IWAA Bird Movement marking season has been successfully completed, with 60 newly marked avocets joining ten individuals who have returned from last year’s marking of...
One of my absolute favorite experiences this month was the chance to participate in the snowy plover survey with Teresa and some great volunteers!
Thrust up on spare, slender stalks from the parched earth, the satiny blossoms of sagebrush mariposa lily (Calochortus macrocarpus) are an act of defiance, a lavender-hued acuminate-sepaled flouting of the desert’s austerity. They bloom in the height of summer, after the native annuals have long since dried up, often occurring between and amid clumps of dusty, gray-green sagebrush—as if determined to strike as jarring a contrast as possible. 📸 by Peter Pearsall #mariposalily #calochortus #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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So beautiful!! Another fabulous photo by Peter Pearsall ❤️📷
Louise Bartels’s photo of an American avocet and chick at Malheur Refuge tied for first place in the Oregon Bird Association’s monthly photo contest for June 2024. Congratulations, Louise! #americanavocet #shorebirds #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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Aww...Thank you for posting! My name is spelled Louise with an E on the end.
What an amazing shot, Louise!
Such a beautiful picture
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