Recently, Volunteer Manager Vicky Medley was opening Portland Audubon’s mail when she came across a child’s pencil drawing of a bird. In the envelope was the art, a brief note from Mateo, age 6, and six dollars.
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This morning we got great news that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have cancelled a proposal to kill hundreds of ravens in Baker County in Northeastern Oregon.
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The holiday season is fast approaching, and that means finding the perfect gifts for our loved ones. For bird and nature lovers, nothing quite hits the spot like something that connects us to the natural world.
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In June 2018, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission made a decision that was inexplicable even by the low standards this agency has too often set for protecting Oregon’s wildlife. In a 4-2 vote, it reversed, without even the semblance of a coherent explanation, a decision it had made just four months earlier to move the Marbled Murrelet from threatened to endangered status under the State Endangered Species Act.
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his fall saw the release of two major reports describing the perilous state of North American birds. Together, they serve as a wake-up call for anyone concerned about not only birds, but the health of our planet.
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Last week, Portland Audubon’s Conservation Director Bob Sallinger provided invited testimony before the Oregon House Interim Committee on Natural Resources on the killing of a juvenile bobcat from Eugene that was killed by state agencies.
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On a cold day in October, Portland Audubon’s Eastern Oregon Field Coordinator Teresa Wicks, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge’s Wildlife Biologist Alexa Martinez, and local volunteers Rick Vetter and Joan Suther concluded the 2019 Malheur Lake shorebird surveys.
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The state of Oregon is currently updating its Rocky Habitat Management Plan, providing an opportunity to expand and bolster protections of these vulnerable habitats.
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On Sunday, November 10, Wonderland Tattoos raised $7,320 in support of Portland Audubon by donating an entire day of their work devoted to bird and nature-themed body art.
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In May, a Good Samaritan in Colton, Oregon, made a strange discovery: a Turkey Vulture flopping in the bushes. Knowing this bird needed help, he drove more than an hour to bring it to our Wildlife Care Center for treatment.
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