OWI wildlife ecologist Dave Vesely will be presenting a talk on his work to conserve purple martins in Dunn Forest. Place: Meeting hall of the First Presbyterian Church, 114 SW Eighth Street. Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and visiting. Chapter Meeting commences at 7:00 p.m. followed by the guest lecture at 7:30 [...]

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A summary of OWI’s McDonald-Dunn Forest Purple Martin Conservation Project is now available here: 2012 Project Summary  

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I went out to the Dunn Forest purple martin colony for one final evening check last week.   I didn’t see a single martin or even a violet-green swallow along Tampico Road or the clearcut where we had been observing them all summer. The dogs and I then headed up the hill on the 200 Road [...]

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After many months in development, the new OWI site is finally launched.  Dan, Jen, and Dave wish to thank Kelly Wildman for all of her efforts in getting it up and running, as well as for her patience with all of our questions as we novices learn to administer a WordPress site. Our primary goal [...]

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OWI gets some unusual calls almost every month. Last week, Cari from Sherwood, Oregon called to say that the little man-made pond in her backyard is inhabited by jellyfish this summer. We are used to people misidentifying wildlife and so I first assumed she was seeing amphibian egg masses. “No”, she said, “they are swimming!”. [...]

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