Outdoors

Birding: As summer melts into autumn, the best is yet to come

The best of the rest is yet to come! Fall migration has begun. Large black clouds of seabirds…

Life

A Wild Life: Kelso woman raises, rehabilitates exotic animals

LONG BEACH PENINSULA — The grownups gasped and the kids whispered excitedly at the sight before them. “Oh…

Life

Birding: Bubbling birdbaths attract splendor to the garden

Birds require water for drinking and bathing. In most cases both large and small birds take advantage of…

Life

Outdoors therapy: Family salves the sorrows of a dismal year

We stumbled into our camping trip, a little under-prepared Up until the moment we left, part of us…

Life

Birding: Treasure this time to savor the visual delights of nature

The past six months have been difficult for many, but not for me. I have been privileged to…

Life

Slime mold looks ugly in the garden but does no harm

CORVALLIS — It appears overnight and looks like a horror-show blob that’s slithered its way into your garden.…

History

She floats! New life for the John M

COLUMBIA RIVER — Kent Craford’s wife used to joke that she’d probably have to bury him in the…

Life

Birding: To enjoy and help birds, give them places to bathe

In 2018 I wrote several articles on some of the birds that were among the bathing beauties of…

Life

Birding: Breaking news from the Hosta Hotel and beyond!

Lady Junco has taken up residence again in the Hosta Hotel. She chose a different room this time,…

Life

Tangled up in blue: U-pick blueberry patch provides ‘perfect’ socially distanced summer activity

LONG BEACH — A little hand reached through the branches and pulled out a plump blueberry and dropped…

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