Beginning the 2017 birding year
Tara Choate Because of the pneumonia, I missed the Salem Audubon Society‘s New Year’s birding trip around Minto Brown. Today was their regularly scheduled monthly outing to Ankeny. While I am still…
Birding
Adventures in misidentification
This morning I braved the ever-changing winter weather to go birding with the Salem Audubon Society out at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. With today’s birding, I’m at 145 Oregon species…
Another year, another 6×6 painting
Since 2009 I have contributed a 6×6 painting to the Audubon Society of Portland’s Wild Art Festival. This year I painted a young pileated woodpecker I met over the 4th…
Unexpected
Today I got up early to go with the Salem Audubon Society out to Ankeny Wildlife Refuge. I arrived promptly at 7:00. Not a single person was there. Tturns out…
It turns out no one walks on… water
After a week that I feel could be definitive proof that all people are crazy all the time, I decided to take the time after escaping the office Friday to…
Ocean Adventures
A few months ago, the Salem Audubon Society put a notice in their newsletter that they were going on a “Pelagic Tour” on September 11 through Whale Research EcoExcursions (Carrie…
Class: Writing & Illustrating Children’s Books (Week 4-5)
I don’t know where the last few weeks has gone, but Thursday my Writing and illustrating Children’s Books class ended with the remaining students (5 out of more than a…
North Fork Santiam and Opal Creek
I believe I am not the only person who woke up this morning with a plan to “do something.” Last night I Googled some ideas for hikes in the area…
This blogger’s default weapon
At least part of the reason I have had so much trouble blogging the last few months is that i have been having camera problems. If I had the money,…