2021

A Spring Surprise, or Two

Written by Rick Vetter/Photos by Rick Vetter, Dan Streiffert, and Richard Schwieren A change in weather always seems to be an invitation to bird. Having just returned from birding warm

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2021 Youth Art Contest

Virtual Gallery for the Harney County Migratory Bird Festival Text is an excerpt from the article in the 4.21.2021 issue of the Burns Times Herald Each year, the bird festival’s

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Malheur & Me: A Love Essay

When I moved to Wisconsin in 1975, I fell head-over-heels in love with its lush green pastures, rolling hills and woods. Maybe it reminded me of the Western Pennsylvania landscape

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Species Spotlight: Ross’s Geese

Written by Teresa Wicks/Photos by Dan Streiffert Ross’s Geese are the “stubby-billed” and smaller white geese that arrive in the Harney Basin in large numbers each spring. One of two

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