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Originally posted on H.J. Ruiz – Avian101:
Halloween Is almost here! The past week the weather temperature has been moderate and comfortable for all of us. Very much like a regular autumn, but with no rain in sight. Almost every store has decorations for Halloween right now (Black cats, skeletons, carved pumpkins, witches creepy spiders, etc.)  are all over to motivate children and grownups… Continue reading What’s Up? – Halloween is almost here!

Originally posted on Towheeblog:
One field at the north end of Reeder Road was Cackling central.  Thousands were there when we arrived in later afternoon…and dozens more were arriving, flock after flock.  As with the cranes, many of the geese now on Sauvie will move further south though most stay in the Willamette Valley.  Keeping a very low profile was a quartet of white-fronted geese… Continue reading LIFE IS A CACKLE

Originally posted on Towheeblog:
OLD, OLDER, OLDEST How to describe age.  In this photo we move visually across ages, past eons, and perhaps see a possible future if our species doesn’t exterminate life as we’ve known it.  The visible grass is not too old, most leaves may have begun last fall.  Yet, beneath thrive the roots, the crucial part of the plant we rarely see. … Continue reading CRANOLOGY: DANCING, FEEDING, BUGLING