In early December, I had the good fortune of meeting with Gabriella Smith, a musical composer and environmentalist who was in Eugene for a composer residency with the Eugene Symphony. The December symphony concert featured a 10-minute piece she wrote…
Lane Audubon sends a very big Thank You to Kathy Wilson, who for the past 14 years was our recording secretary at Board meetings! Kathy and her husband, Bruce, have been members and worked on various volunteer projects since the…
Many thanks to our members who have sent in donations in response to our November request for support! We ask once per year, and it is gratifying that our members take this to heart. Your donations keep us going, and…
From my veranda, I watch in amazement as Anna’s Hummingbirds hover, then flit from blossom to blossom. I witness a group of California Scrub-Jays squabbling in my yard, chasing each other around to protect their territory or food source. At…
The Pacific Northwest has enjoyed a superb summer. As October arrives, we still have trees full of leaves thanks to the heavy spring rains in the Willamette Valley. Fall colors in Oregon are not as famous as those of the…
The fall Equinox sunset beams across a stone circle at the home of Maeve Sowles and Dick Lamster in a photo by Alanna Sowles. Four times a year, as our earth travels around the sun, humans have for eons taken…
As summer takes hold, we see bats each evening feasting on insects under our deck overhang. As the light fades they cruise back and forth to capture insects that have lingered under the deck’s shady roof. Bats have always amazed…
Volunteers are the “green energy” that drives the activities of the Lane Audubon chapter. The only way we are able to keep our projects running is with folks who have some time, talent, and initiative to help. The work done…
Vaux’s Swifts (Chaetua vauxi) are small aerialist insectivore birds. They do not perch to rest, as songbirds do, but spend their entire day on the wing. They are long-distance migrators from Central America to the Pacific Northwest (PNW) in the…
I recently revisited my John Marzluff book, Welcome to Subirdia, published in 2014. Lane Audubon has enjoyed Marzluff’s program presentations in person and via Zoom. Marzluff is a Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington, plus author of…