by Bianca Perla | Sep 9, 2014 | Wildlife Sightings
Wow! We have had an incredible run of rare bird sightings lately. Keep your eyes on the Sound, shores, and trees as the fall migration begins. We love to hear what you are seeing out there. This just in from Ed Swan today: Gary Shugart saw and photographed a Brown...
by Bianca Perla | Sep 5, 2014 | Wildlife Sightings
VESPER SPARROW This just in from Ed Swan: Harsi Parker found a Vesper Sparrow at her place on central Vashon Island this evening. This is the first record in roughly 30 years. Back in the 1940’s, Larrison lists them as commonly found on Vashon but there have...
by Bianca Perla | Sep 4, 2014 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
This is a follow up to our previous blog post about coyotes at the Sheep Dog trials. Since last Friday, we have learned more. Because Vashon Nature Center’s focus is to provide information about local wildlife and ecosystems, we would like to share resources on living...
by Bianca Perla | Aug 29, 2014 | blog
There were 6 coyotes spotted at the Sheep Dog trials last weekend. These coyotes preyed on and killed 2 sheep and a lamb that had been released into the meadows for the weekend and two of them were shot when they returned to hunt sheep the next night. In light of...
by Bianca Perla | Aug 1, 2014 | blog
Bioblitz 2014 July 12-13 Christensen Creek Watershed Even on this small island, each of our Bioblitz events has been unique both in terms of species composition and overall feel. At Neill Point in 2012, everything was new, even rather ordinary things hadn’t been...
