On a trip to Sauvie Island to buy some plants, we first stopped at the Oak Island Nature Trail parking […]

On a trip to Sauvie Island to buy some plants, we first stopped at the Oak Island Nature Trail parking […]
I returned to Oak Island to see if I could spot some bald eagles. Located nearby on Sauvie Island, it’s […]
Oak Island is open again for hiking. Located nearby on Sauvie Island, it’s a grand place to spot songbirds. Even […]
While driving up the Kalama River to get in some steelhead fishing (the fish won), I spotted a young blacktail […]
Sunshine enters the home bringing cheer and warmth. Soon we’re stretching our legs on a four-mile loop hike over Council Crest. […]
This weekend it will be the 35th Annual Trillium Lily Festival at the Tryon Creek State Park. It’s the only Oregon state park […]
Oak Savannah. Bottomland Forest. Wetlands. Virginia Lake. Waterfowl. Songbirds. And, a surprise visitor. What did I spot along the trail […]
Red-dead nettle and oaks toothwort are odd names for early-blooming wildflowers. It makes one believe that neither had good marketing […]
On a late February day I did the four-mile loop hike in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park a few miles west […]
It was a beautiful late winter’s day near Salem. Why not visit the Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge? It’s a […]