Courtesy of George Gentry / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The osprey is one step closer to becoming Oregon's official state bird. The state Senate voted Thursday on a resolution that would give the ...
A few years ago on a Sunday drive near the edge of West Fargo, creeping along with no particular route in mind, one of my kids let out the proverbial: "Look." Instinctively I took my foot of the ...
A proposal to dump the western meadowlark in favor of the osprey for the Oregon state bird flew through the Senate this week, drawing lofty rhetoric from lawmakers. “The osprey is like Oregon,” Sen.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon lawmaker says the current state bird is unoriginal, and instead wants to replace it. The Statesman Journal reports that state Sen. Fred Girod sponsored a resolution to ...
Swan song? ** Meadowlark, bobolink and killdeer are best known or area’s diminsihing grassland birds
Not all birds prefer trees in which to feed, nest and rest. The nation’s rolling Midwest is a prime example of grassland habitat holding a variety of unusual birds. But you need not venture far from ...
Recently Matt Smith and Marc Devokaitis posted online "A Modest Proposal: Can EBird Help Choose Better State Birds?" They propose replacing the Western Meadowlark with the Thick-billed Longspur as the ...
At least that's what lawmakers are saying about you. Do you know your failing as Oregon's state bird? You let people and roads and malls trammel and build upon your grassland habitat, diminishing your ...
FOR THE BIRDS. The meadowlark is a “deserter.” The magpie is “thieving.” So which one should be Montana’s state bird? The question will be taken up by the Legislature this session. The present state ...
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