Outdoors
Fish & Feathers Summer Chinook open above the Astoria Bridge
The season for adult summer Chinook and sockeye salmon opened on June 16 and will run through July…
Outdoors
Birdwatching Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Hairy or downy?
By Dr. Madeline Kalbach For the Observer Not all woodpeckers sing. Most of them use drumming as their…
Local
New study finds no ‘hiatus’ in rate of global warming
A new study published this week in the journal Science finds that the rate of global warming during…
Outdoors
FISH & FEATHERS By Capt. Ron Malast Brazen killdeer are little heroes!
I’m sure most of you are familiar with the medium-sized bird with brown back and wings, a white…
Local
Extra scientists board research vessel to look at harmful algal blooms
Extra scientists have been added to a fisheries survey along the West Coast to chart an extensive harmful…
Outdoors
Fish & Feathers Sturgeon season debacle
The white sturgeon fishery has ranked as the largest sport fishery in the Columbia Basin in terms of…
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Birdwatching The brown-headed cowbird: Portrait of a parasite
The brown-headed cowbird parasitizes other species of birds, especially those that are smaller, such as the song sparrow,…
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Garden Mind Managing mollusks is a war of tolerance and attrition
Be grateful if your garden — or yard — benefited from a pre-summer spruce-up over the past holiday,…
Outdoors
Birdwatching Flickers are the Ringo Starr of birds
Woodpeckers drum on trees, telephone poles and even on houses where there is wood — and especially if…
Outdoors
Spring is poison-hemlock danger time in Western Washington
WASHINGTON STATE — This year so far the Washington Poison Center has treated 10 people who have eaten…
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