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Bird Bio: Vaux’s Swift
Bird Bio: Vaux’s Swift By Melissa Molzahn, KBO Education Specialist (AmeriCorps) The Vaux’s Swift is often seen flying swiftly overhead, in one direction, then another, at top speed. This small and agile […]
Bird Bio: The Yellow Warbler
Melissa Molzahn, KBO Education Specialist The Yellow Warbler, in comparison to other North American wood-warblers, is brilliant yellow. It is often heard singing a beautiful spring song tucked away among willows. Yellow […]
Bird Bio: Spotted Towhee
Bird Bio: Spotted Towhee By: Jonathan Berti, KBO Banding Intern Many of the bird species that grace this area during the summer months and fall migration have disappeared. To the birding enthusiast, the […]
Forest Education Connects Community with Nature in the Klamath Basin
The Klamath Wingwatchers, Inc. received a Title III grant to help promote education to local residents and out-of-town birders about the extensive Klamath Basin Birding Trail. This trail is a […]
Bird Bio: Cedar Waxwing
Bird Bio: Cedar Waxwing By: Emily Molter, KBO Wildlife Education Specialist The Cedar Waxwing is one of only three species worldwide in the Bombycillidae family. Their breeding range extends from British Columbia […]
Ashford Leads Hawk Lecture
Klamath Bird Observatory’s board president and American Birding Association boardmember Dick Ashford will present “Hawks, Masters of Flight” on Thursday, October 25 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Sonoma’s Valley […]
Scientists: Livestock Damage Cascade-Siskiyou Monument
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management was presented Monday with a statement that cattle-grazing should be permanently suspended in on the 52,947 acre monument. A team of scientists had come […]
Bird Bio: Gray Catbird
By: Melissa Molzahn, KBO Education Specialist The Gray Catbird, our featured bird for this issue, is in the Mimidae family. Like many in this family, it mimics calls of other birds. Their […]
Nature Center Awarded $3,000 Grant
The North Mountain Park Nature Center recently received a $3,000 grant to fund a mist-netting and bird banding station. The nature center, which has partnered with the Klamath Bird Observatory, […]
Bird Bio: Cassin’s Vireo
Bird Bio: Cassin’s Vireo By: Amanda Cornell, KBO Field Intern The Cassin’s Vireo (Vireo cassinii) is one of three vireo species that were once lumped together as the “Solitary Vireo.” It is a […]
