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  • The Us Tree

    Back in early May of this year, at the height of our quarantine from nearly everything, I sat at my computer and wrote a small essay about some trees that had entered my life over the past few years. When

  • A Connection to the Ancient Past at Butterfield Fen

    A visit to the Gearhart Fen is “just like walking into a museum,” ecologist and botanist Kathleen Sayce says. She would know. Kathleen has spent many hours documenting the plant life in the fen, much of which is conserved as

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    What some might perceive as a homeowner’s maintenance nightmare, others—such as biologist, photographer, and NCLC co-founder Neal Maine—see as the opportunism of wild nature, asserting itself. The change of seasons has inspired Neal to dig out some of his favorite

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11/28/20

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Another cool sighting at Clear Lake this week—a sooty fox sparrow eating an evergreen huckleberry!

The fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) is a highly variable species, with at least 13 subspecies divided into four groups. The sooty fox sparrow is one group of subspecies and the darkest of the four, featuring rich brown and gray, with red tones in the wings and tail.

Fox sparrows breed in coniferous forest and dense mountain scrub. They spend a lot of time on the ground, kicking away leaf litter in search of insects and seeds!
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Another cool sighting at Clear Lake this week—a sooty fox sparrow eating an evergreen huckleberry! The fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) is a highly variable species, with at least 13 subspecies divided into four groups. The sooty fox sparrow is one group of subspecies and the darkest of the four, featuring rich brown and gray, with red tones in the wings and tail. Fox sparrows breed in coniferous forest and dense mountain scrub. They spend a lot of time on the ground, kicking away leaf litter in search of insects and seeds! . . . #foxsparrow #sootyfoxsparrow #pnw #pnwbirds #oregoncoast #clearlake #landconservation #birds
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And that huckleberry, it ripens so late and is so long-lasting on the plant. It’s such an important late fall food source out there.

North Coast Land Conservancy is in Warrenton, Oregon.

11/27/20

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Saw this six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) while doing a site visit at Clear Lake.

This cool spider can prey on and catch fish that are up to five times its size!

It walks on submerged vegetation, and may retreat underwater when alarmed or to avoid predators. When they do this, a thin pocket of air forms between the body and the tip of the body hairs. It acts as their "scuba tank" during the dive and enables them to stay underwater more than 30 minutes.

Additionally, the spider can run across the water; row across it using several pairs of legs like oars; or glide on the surface, blown by the wind. 🌬
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Saw this six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) while doing a site visit at Clear Lake. This cool spider can prey on and catch fish that are up to five times its size! It walks on submerged vegetation, and may retreat underwater when alarmed or to avoid predators. When they do this, a thin pocket of air forms between the body and the tip of the body hairs. It acts as their scuba tank during the dive and enables them to stay underwater more than 30 minutes. Additionally, the spider can run across the water; row across it using several pairs of legs like oars; or glide on the surface, blown by the wind. 🌬 . . . #clearlake #landconservation #oregoncoast #pnw #pacificnorthwest #spiders #pnwspiders #fishingspider
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Does it eat parrot’s feather?

Great pix🎉
Another cool sighting at Clear Lake this week—a Another cool sighting at Clear Lake this week—a sooty fox sparrow eating an evergreen huckleberry! The fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) is a highly variable species, with at least 13 subspecies divided into four groups. The sooty fox sparrow is one group of subspecies and the darkest of the four, featuring rich brown and gray, with red tones in the wings and tail. Fox sparrows breed in coniferous forest and dense mountain scrub. They spend a lot of time on the ground, kicking away leaf litter in search of insects and seeds! . . . #foxsparrow #sootyfoxsparrow #pnw #pnwbirds #oregoncoast #clearlake #landconservation #birds
Saw this six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes tri Saw this six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) while doing a site visit at Clear Lake. This cool spider can prey on and catch fish that are up to five times its size! It walks on submerged vegetation, and may retreat underwater when alarmed or to avoid predators. When they do this, a thin pocket of air forms between the body and the tip of the body hairs. It acts as their "scuba tank" during the dive and enables them to stay underwater more than 30 minutes. Additionally, the spider can run across the water; row across it using several pairs of legs like oars; or glide on the surface, blown by the wind. 🌬 . . . #clearlake #landconservation #oregoncoast #pnw #pacificnorthwest #spiders #pnwspiders #fishingspider
Just a reminder: tomorrow is #GreenFriday! Oregon Just a reminder: tomorrow is #GreenFriday! Oregon State Parks will waive day-use parking fees to 25 state parks. That includes Ecola State Park, Fort Stevens State Park and Nehalem Bay State Park. It’s the perfect weekend to #OptOutside! P.S. If you hike in Ecola, you can catch a stunning view of the proposed Rainforest Reserve! . . . #oregonrainforestreserve #landconservation #hiking #pnw #oregoncoast #getoutside #stateparks #oregonexplored
Meet the adorable marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus Meet the adorable marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus), one of the birds to benefit from the proposed Rainforest Reserve. This small, robin-sized bird from the North Pacific was once known as the "fogbird" or "fog lark" by loggers and fishermen because of its foggy coastal habitat. Although the marbled murrelet lives at sea, it nests on mossy tree branches in old-growth forests several miles inland from the coast. As old-growth forests have disappeared, the murrelet’s numbers have plummeted. Federally and in Oregon, the species is currently listed as "threatened." Illustration: Sally Lackaff . . . #oregonrainforestreserve #landconservation #marbledmurrelet #seabirds #pacificnorthwest #oregoncoast #pnw
Look closely or you might miss this little one! 😍 #tinynewt #sharetheland


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