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Biden administration proposes changes to sage grouse protections, including in Oregon
The Biden administration announced Thursday that new changes are on the table for protecting the unique bird that thrives in Eastern Oregon and other western states.
Portland’s former Audubon group bucks national organization and changes name to ‘Bird Alliance of Oregon’
The conservation group took its original name from John James Audubon, the American artist, adventurer and naturalist. Audubon was also a slaveholder who criticized the abolitionist movement.
Cascades Raptor Center in Eugene to reopen after extensive storm damage
Thanks to work from staff and volunteers, the center will reopen to the public Feb. 9.
Oregon researchers look to fill gaps in understanding tufted puffins
Tufted puffin populations are in decline on the Oregon Coast. Last summer, the colony count was the lowest it had ever been since U.S. Fish and Wildlife began monitoring.
Portland Audubon reports rare northern spotted owl sighting
OPB’s Paul Marshall spoke with Quinn Read, the director of conservation at Portland Audubon, about the owl’s rare appearance.
As they migrate, more Oregon geese are getting sick and dying
Highly pathogenic avian flu is on the rise among cackling geese. And at Staats Lake in Keizer, around 400 geese have been reported dead in the past two weeks from aspergillosis, a fungal infection.
Stop messing with nature: Portland Audubon asks drone operators to leave the swifts alone
Joe Liebezeit with Portland Audubon thinks the birds probably regard drones as predators: “It can raise their stress levels to cause them to not forage as well.”
Roseburg Audubon hosts watch parties for thousands of migrating birds
Select locations in Oregon are hosting thousands of migratory birds right now.
Vaux’s swifts return early to Portland this year, but climate change might not be the only reason
The flocking behavior provides a wonderful spectacle. The birds swoop and dive, creating beautiful patterns in the sky. At dusk, they form a spinning tornado as each one dives into a Portland school chimney to roost.
The curious case of Bend’s missing osprey nest
The nest was a mainstay of Bend's Old Mill District, until it vanished this year. Juvenile ospreys may have gotten rambunctious.