Thinking Regionally; Safeguarding the Future of Ou...
Written by John Fitzroy, Visitor Services Manager at Tule Lake NWR Map above from Intermountain West Joint Venture The early 1900s brought serious threats to wetlands in the Intermountain...
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Written by John Fitzroy, Visitor Services Manager at Tule Lake NWR Map above from Intermountain West Joint Venture The early 1900s brought serious threats to wetlands in the Intermountain...
Malheur is, after all, a sanctuary for migratory birds, creatures that move across the landscape in a ceaseless symphony of adaptation.
Later that week, we teamed up with Oregon Fish and Wildlife to do some electrofishing at Krumbo Reservoir, targeting smallmouth bass that would be moved to Moon Reservoir.
The goal of the program is to develop a self-sustaining breeding flock of Trumpeters in Oregon and to develop connections between the Summer Lake and Malheur Refuge swans.
While bird migration in spring and fall is rightfully renowned here, one must-see event in the summer is the abundance of new life, born and raised right on the...
In flight, the contrast between dark flight feathers and pale underwings is distinctive.
Gull 1: “Don’t look now, but…”
Gull 2: “They’re right behind us, aren’t they.”
📸 of American white pelicans and gulls by Cindy Kassab #americanwhitepelican #ringbilledgull #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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An American white pelican attempts to steal the hard-earned catch of a Caspian tern at Malheur Lake. The contested fish is a juvenile common carp, a non-native and invasive species in our area. Regardless of which bird ended up with the fish, that’s one small point toward reducing carp numbers in the lake! 📸 by Rick Vetter #caspiantern #americanwhitepelican #commoncarp #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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