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Wings on the River: Hawk-dots

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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It’s almost winter, and telephone poles in Big Sky country are dotted with hawks, kestrels, and Northern Shrikes.

Liberty lays an egg
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Liberty lays an egg

  • By Flora Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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Although she will never hatch a chick, the female bald eagle housed at Columbia Gorge Discovery Center & Museum nests annually with her partner, Ferguson, said Raptor Coordinator Julia Khoury.

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Wings on the River: The squirrel’s word for “hawk”

  • By Flora Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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I can’t remember the first time I understood the high clear “SQUEAK!” which means “FLYING PREDATOR!” in ground squirrel language, but I will never forget the day it alerted me to two Bald Eagles flapping and quarreling over a piece of meat, low in the cloudy sky over my home in White Oak forest.

Dam hosts eagle watch Jan. 18
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Dam hosts eagle watch Jan. 18

  • The Dalles Chronicle
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The Dalles Dam Visitor Center will host its 10th annual Eagle Watch Saturday, Jan. 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Watch as bald eagles roost in the…

Gifts for Birders
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Gifts for Birders

  • Mark Gibson -- The Dalles Chronicle

There are few better windows into the natural history and wild places of the The Columbia River Gorge than those found seeking out our residen…

Eagle Watching
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Eagle Watching

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A mature bald eagle spreads its wings while perched in the area of the John Day Dam in this photo captured by the photographic team of Gary Elkinton and Carl Gentry, both of The Dalles.