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ODFW finds frogs at the farm

August 22, 2013 Tom Salzer

Wildlife is one of the key priorities of the District, so we want to take every opportunity to evaluate wildlife habitat at the farm. We invited Habitat Conservation Biologist Elizabeth Ruther with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife out to the farm to observe the habitat in the farm’s […]

Wild birds at the farm

August 19, 2013 Tom Salzer

Many people enjoy observing wild birds, and Oregon has a rich variety of birds to see! We see many birds at the farm, and in this post (and follow-up comments) we’ll list our observations. If you’re interested in birding, visit the Audubon Society of Portland‘s home page to find more […]

There’s a barn owl in that old barn!

August 2, 2013 Tom Salzer

We’ve been seeing owl pellets on the floor of the old barn, but we’ve not seen the owl…until yesterday. When we opened the main doors and turned on the lights, we disturbed a barn owl roosting on the top beam in the barn. We turned off the lights and exited, […]