In Solidarity: Response from Portland Audubon
Portland Audubon stands in solidarity with the Black community against centuries of violence, police brutality, systemic racism, and injustice.
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Portland Audubon Backyard BioBlitz Report: May 26, 2020
We had 87 reports submitted in the fifth week of the Backyard BioBlitz. We will be continuing to do the BioBlitz each Tuesday for the rest of the summer so please keep participating and inviting your friends.
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The Wildlife Care Center in the Time of COVID-19
As the only facility in the metro region devoted to providing emergency and lifesaving medical care for wildlife, our Wildlife Care Center has for decades operated 365 days a year no matter the circumstances.
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What’s Happening This Week During the Nesting Season: May 27
Migration is in full swing, so continue watching for new arrivals and a changing assortment of species moving through our area. There will continue to be a mix of northbound migrants as well as local migrants as they all race to their breeding grounds.
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Portland Audubon Backyard BioBlitz Report: May 19, 2020
One of the species people have been seeing in increasing numbers the last two weeks are Black-headed Grosbeaks.
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What’s Happening This Week During Spring Migration: May 20
Migration is in full swing, so continue watching for new arrivals and a changing assortment of species moving through our area. There will continue to be a mix of northbound migrants as well as local migrants as they all race to their breeding grounds.
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Conservation: Your Voice is Needed More Than Ever
The COVID-19 response, if nothing else, opens our eyes to the potential to make rapid and fundamental change. The skies clearing over formerly smog-shrouded cities and the wildlife emerging onto quieted landscapes serve as fleeting ghosts of a future possible…if we are willing to make real change.
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After Found Tangled in Cable Wire, Happy Valley Bald Eagle Flies Free
Amid COVID-19, the Wildlife Care Center continues to treat injured and orphaned wildlife and assist the public with emergencies through our wildlife hotline – like a recent Bald Eagle that was discovered tangled in cable wire in Happy Valley, OR.
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Portland Audubon Backyard BioBlitz Report: May 12, 2020
We had 131 reports submitted in the second week of the Backyard BioBlitz. Participants included kids and adults, families and schools classes.
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Let’s NOT Get Physical
We are all essential. And it is essential that we recognize the value of our social interactions as being what will get us through this. That may look different for each of us, but there is possibility. There is hope.
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