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Featured Photo  Who Am I? Pic-of-the-Week Click on photo for ID. .  Belted Kingfisher See Roger Hall's scientific illustrations at http://www.inkart.net/art/wildlife_art/birds/  Birds In Art |
Bird Club Recognized at Statue Dedication ON MONDAY DECEMBER 26th, 2011, the City of Pendleton officially dedicated the new Great Blue Heron statue located along the River Walk at the city's newest park at Court Ave. and SW 5th Street. Bird Club members will recall last spring when the city asked citizens to vote for the type of statue that should be placed in the park. Rallying to the cause, bird club members voted overwhelmingly for the sculpture of a native bird to be placed at the site. By last summer, with backing by the River Quarter Committee and the Pendleton Arts Committee, the Great Blue Heron was selected to grace the River Walk at the new park. In early September, just before the start of the Pendleton Round-Up, the statue was erected on its massive granite pedestal, and is now a permanent fixture in the park. (see full story). A Magical Moment ON A LONG, DARK WINTER'S evening I sat reminiscing about the various Oregon birding excursions that I was able to do this year. I asked myself which was the one moment that I thought was truly the most special. Was it the time that Aaron Skirvin and I were driving around the Horn of Battle Mountain in a gusty 40-mile an hour head wind and a Sabine's Gull flew up in front of the car because it had taken a brief respite from migration to eat bugs along the shoulder of the road? Was it the cute baby Clark's Grebes riding on their mommas' backs at the Narrows of Malheur National Wildlife Area? No, I think the most special moment occurred to me when...(see full story).
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