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NATURE NOTES – FLYING TIGERS
-- entomologist Cynthia Brast-Bormann Hiking the beach bluffs above Deadman Bay on a sunny day, you may encounter a tiger along the trail. Not the man-eating kind, but the six-legged, flying [...]
NATURE NOTES – OSPREY SIGHTINGS AT WEEKS WETLAND
--Amanda Wedow, Lopez Island Preserve Steward Photos courtesy of Beth St. George Next time you are in the village, bring your binoculars! The Osprey is a large fish-eating hawk and is [...]
SJC Conservation Land Bank and OPALCO collaborate on Power Line Improvements
In collaboration with the SJC Conservation Land Bank, OPALCO will soon begin replacing power poles on the south side of Turtleback Mountain Preserve. Broadly, this project will improve the safety and [...]
NATURE NOTES – SHARP-TAILED SNAKE
-- Amanda Azous Most of us are familiar with garter snakes but there is another reptile fewer of us are familiar with in the Pacific Northwest: the Sharp-tailed snake (Contia tenuis). [...]
NATURE NOTES – INSECTS WITH A BAD RAP?
--Dr. Chris Looney, entomologist with Washington State Department of Agriculture Photos courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture There’s no better diversion from an enormous quarantine and scary disease than an [...]
