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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Willamette Valley is home to large numbers of wintering birds, and birders in this area define the season in terms of waterfowl and sparrows, gulls and raptors. Winter birding has a charm of its own and it may be the season many of us value the most – perhaps not for what birds the winter brings, but for what birding brings to winter.
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We received a young Band-tailed Pigeon after its home had been destroyed due to clear cutting. The fledgling was in no shape to be on their own yet, and still needed parents for nutritional support and guidance so we stepped in to provide that care until the Band-tailed Pigeon was old enough to take care of itself in the wild.
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These are some of the many reasons donors tell me they give to Portland Audubon. The breadth of our organization’s mission is important. Folks say they like that with one gift they can support many things they care about, including conservation, education, the protection of birds and their habitat statewide, and treatment for injured animals.
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In October, we wrapped up the thirteenth consecutive Vaux’s Swift monitoring season at Chapman Elementary School and other chimney sites in the Portland metro area. The roost at Chapman is considered one of the most important stopover points on the Pacific Flyway and can host up to 15,000 swifts in a single night!
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Over the summer, we raised a mix-match litter of orphaned Striped Skunk babies in the Wildlife Care Center. Skunks are amazing animals, and despite their notorious stinky defense mechanisms, they are a favorite patient here at the center because of their shyness, complex behaviors, and let’s face it, irresistibly fuzzy faces.
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We received a Western Tanager after a good Samaritan found them on the ground, unable to fly but still alive after colliding with a window at their home. Unfortunately most window strikes are lethal, with an estimated 50-75% of birds dying from the collision.
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Portland Audubon has a long history of intersectional work related to houseless/homeless issues. Addressing houselessness is integral to our goal of building complete healthy, sustainable, equitable communities.
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When a good Samaritan showed up at our Wildlife Care Center with an orphaned baby American Mink in early June, we knew we would have to raise her. Fortunately, she was a quick study and she learned how to forage and hunt for herself very quickly.
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The news over the past several months has been rife with predictions of an unprecedented outbreak of avian botulism that could kill tens of thousands of birds on the Klamath National Wildlife Refuges during the late summer and fall of 2021.
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