Category BIRDS IN SALEM
COLUMN: The full-spectrum world of bees
"Each morning I can find several bumblebees so intoxicated on the gooseneck nectar that they have fallen asleep, clutching the blooms tightly, all night long," columnist Harry Fuller writes.
COLUMN: The next generation of birds
Local birder and natural history author Harry Fuller shares what birds are up to in the Salem area in his "Some Fascinating Things About Birds" column.
COLUMN: Baskett Slough offers a year-round haven for birds
Local birder and natural history author Harry Fuller explains the wonders of birding that await in every season at Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge.
PHOTO: Even Salem’s bald eagles need an escape from the heat
Local photographer John Svendsen spotted two fledgling eagles from a nearby nest cooling themselves in the Willamette River Wednesday morning.
COLUMN: New tower will help track bird migration at Ankeny
Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day May 13 with the unveiling of the wildlife refuge's new Motus tower, local birder and natural history author Harry Fuller writes.
Patience pays off with early eagle chick sighting for Salem volunteers
A city monitoring program in its second year relies on 150 citizen scientists to gather data about two bald eagle nests in Salem’s busiest parks.
COLUMN: Quick! Take at look at local herons before trees leaf out and hide nests
BIRDS IN SALEM: A colony of great blue herons has populated a grove visible from Interstate 5 in Salem. The days are over of using herons as a source of hat plumage.
COLUMN: Clever crows help keep Salem clean and entertained
Local birder and natural history author Harry Fuller shares what birds are up to in the Salem area in his "Some Fascinating Things About Birds" column. Today, learn a bit more about the ever-present crows.
COLUMN: Now you see them, now you don’t – the elusive Varied Thrush
Local birder and natural history author Harry Fuller shares what birds are up to in the Salem area in his "Some Fascinating Things About Birds" column.