by Kathryn True | Sep 19, 2019 | blog
I opened the box very slowly as I’d been instructed, mindful of the talons and beak within. As I loosened the last tab and opened the lid, I saw the bird for the first time. It struck me that the hawk was not much bigger than the robins and other passerines she preys...
by Bianca Perla | Aug 14, 2019 | blog
By: Bianca Perla “Is it not possible that a place could have huge affection for those who dwell there? Perhaps your place loves having you there. It misses you when you are away and in its secret way rejoices when you return. Could it be possible that a landscape...
by Kathryn True | Aug 13, 2019 | blog
Humans usually rely on their eyes to observe nature, but one night each summer, a small group of islanders set out under cover of darkness to witness the wild in a different way. “At night, our island puts sight to sleep and awakens a symphony of sound—owl calls, bat...
by Kathryn True | Jul 22, 2019 | blog
Vashon Nature Center (VNC) conducts a variety of community science projects around the island and islanders of all ages volunteer to gather data that contribute to our larger body of scientific knowledge about island plants and animals. VNC chooses projects that have...
by Kathryn True | Jun 20, 2019 | blog
Text by Kathryn True. Photos by Harsi Parker. Minutia. I’ve always loved that word. It’s a rather long term for wee things, and maybe it’s that paradox that I enjoy, or the rolling wave of the syllables as they pass through my mouth. This is the larval form of a...
by Bianca Perla | Apr 5, 2019 | blog
By Kathryn True Since our first BioBlitz in 2012, Vashon Nature Center has been a virtual nature center—operating out of staff cars, garages, basements and freezers where we store research books, field equipment, teaching materials and coyote scat (for DNA analysis,...
