Cascade Ramblings

This male Brewer's Blackbird seems to be doing the smart thing on this rainy afternoon ---seeking shelter from the rain.  Despite the ...

Bewick's Wren Jeanette and I are relatively new to serious birding, just a few years now. For many years we were dependent on a visu...

Today we had our FOY (first of the year) Violet-green Swallows show up.  We have had Tree Swallows for a few weeks, and I have been eag...

Yesterday I reported seeing our first Osprey of the season at Wallace Marine Park.  Today, while I was volunteering at the Audubon Nature Re...

Red-breasted Sapsucker Wallace Marine Park is one of the big positives on the list of reasons we love living in West Salem.  It's a...

Beaver Creek Nature Center - March 18th  It's that time of year when the swallows are returning from their winter sojourn in the so...

A fellow blogger posted recently about the importance of getting outside for her.  She likes to get outside "a lot" was how she de...