By Russ Koppendrayer
We've reached the midpoint of 2025 and now have seen wintering, migrating and breeding birds as well as the resident species. At 190 species on our list it is a fine start with six months to find some species that are regular
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The Spring 2025 Whistler is available now.
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By Russ Koppendrayer
Here at the end of April we have new species arriving daily to add to our composite Cowlitz County year list as we near the heart of spring migration. Not a lot of unexpected species during the past month were reported. The most interesting was an
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Vaux's Swifts are starting to roost in the Riverside Community Church chimney in Rainier. See a live view into the chimney here (https://vauxhappeningor.click2stream.com/)
Folks wishing to check out this phenomenon for themselves will have the best chance from half an hour before sunset until half an
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The Cowlitz PUD Osprey cam is live again. The first osprey arrived on March 30th for the 2025 season.
Cowlitz PUD provides a free children’s guide (PDF) built around Osprey Migration and Electrical Safety. See the videos on YouTube: Camera one has a view from above, and camera two from the side
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By Russ Koppendrayer
New species continued to trickle in throughout the month of March as spring migration ramped up. One rare addition to our Cowlitz County year list was a Franklin's Gull found on the log boom at the Kalama Marina. This third ever
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