Cute and Dangerous: Suburban Deer Hazards are Real
by Karen Sullivan
In spring, female deer give birth and anxiously protect their fawns. That gives rise to stories like this: A friend walking her...
Birds on the Beach
Gulls are not the only feathered friends found on our local beaches. Some birds spend most of their time foraging along the beaches, including...
Insectivore Birds Part 2
Here’s the second of a two-part series on insect-eating birds. In Part 1 I wrote of the importance of insects, and described some of...
The Delightful Harbor Seal
One of the delights of my Port Townsend life is watching harbor seals. Looking out at the sea while walking along a beach, I...
Beach Eggs – Part 1
Cover Photo - Monterey Dorid (Doris montereyensis)
In this four-part series we’ll look at some little known wonders of the Salish Sea by examining the...
Seaweed Splendors
Spring brings warmer and longer days, and suddenly our local beaches are festooned in brilliant red and green seaweeds and brown kelps. “When the tide...
Getting a Little Squirrely
Squirrels are fascinating, and we have 25 species of the Squirrel Family in our region, according to David Moskowitz’s Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest....
Birding in a time of plague
By Stephen Grace
A few days ago I saw a Townsend’s solitaire on a bluff above Discovery Bay. I had this species in mind because a...
Becoming a Citizen Scientist
Citizen scientists brave a hailstorm. Photo by Wendy Feltham.
After a career as an elementary school principal, I moved to Port Townsend and surprised myself...
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Cute and Dangerous: Suburban Deer Hazards are Real
by Karen Sullivan
In spring, female deer give birth and anxiously protect their fawns. That gives rise to stories like this: A friend walking her...
On the hard: Thea Foss
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
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I still can't think of...
Our Local Baby Birds
Feature photo: Mallard Duckling at Kah Tai Lagoon
All photos by Wendy Feltham.
One of the delights of summer in Port Townsend is noticing baby birds...
Insectivore Birds Part 1
I love the diversity of Pacific Northwest birds and insects. This is a two-part photo essay about both— Insectivore Birds. (Of course, the lovely...
Going nuclear: The high school mascot of mass destruction
Editor's note: With the launch of Oppenheimer, we are once again reminded of the legacy of the atomic bomb, and of the people and...
