Much to my dismay this was not a good week for common murre surveys. We started out pretty well, with one of the nesting rocks (Lower Colony Rock) continuing to fill with nesting pairs. Later on in the week, all the birds were gone. We hadn’t really noted any major Read more…
June 21st, the longest day of the year, brought in the summer season. All of the schools here in the Central coast of Oregon are now out of session and our campgrounds, beaches and forests are open and ready for all of the fun! We are all gearing up to Read more…
We got a Frisbee for the house. Not just any Frisbee, a Smokey Bear Frisbee, a bight green Smokey Bear Frisbee. The whole house was excited, all 8 adults living in the Sutton 8 housing were excited about this FREE Frisbee we got from work. Well today, on our Read more…
Around the country every site on National Forests has its own history, and each site has had different uses not necessarily related to restoration and conservation. There have been several impacts on ecosystems that had been evaluated and managed by the US Forest Service according to its ideology “The greatest Read more…
It was 5:40 on Monday morning at Cape Perpetua before Jerry decided Ricky had slept long enough. “Wakey wakey dormilón ” said Jerry. “Yawn..Shh Jerry! Please, just five more minutes. I was having the best dream.” Ricky complained while Jerry poked him with his bill. “Okay, okay Basta, I’m up. Oh mira the Read more…
But not just to see the tigers! No, we’ll be standing right outside of the tiger exhibit…and talking to people. Our talks are going to center around the Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speyeria zerene hippolyta). This butterfly subspecies is native to northern California, the Oregon coast, and southwestern Washington, Read more…
Working at Siuslaw has been a unique experience, being able to learn about the different ongoing projects they have here; gave me a complete perspective of the protection and restoration work behind the stewardship of a National Forest. The Siuslaw National Forest’s present ecosystems are continuously changing, its ecosystems are Read more…
There are two different cormorant species at Yaquina Head. The Brandt’s (most common) and the Pelagic. Unlike common murres, cormorants build actual nests on rocky islands and cliff sides. Pelagics prefer cliff sides and usually have much less nesting material making up their nests. Currently, we are monitoring 85 Brandt’s Read more…