by Kathryn True | Mar 17, 2016 | blog
With apologies for anthropomorphism. Recently my friend, Kate, told me about being awakened in the middle of the night by her yowling cats. She walked into the kitchen and looked out her glass door, expecting to see a raccoon on the other side. Instead she found a...
by Bianca Perla | Feb 18, 2016 | blog
Above: VHS students help Vashon Nature Center scientists Bianca Perla and Jeff Adams survey Raab’s lagoon for sea stars last spring. For results see end of article. by: Adria Magrath A few years ago, a devastating disease swept through areas of the west coast,...
by Bianca Perla | Jan 7, 2016 | blog
by: Adria Magrath Maury Island’s easternmost point evokes delight for the variety of habitats and natural splendor of its hillsides and beaches. It is a destination for birders, for watching our famed orca, or just taking pictures by the lovely lighthouse. Yet, most...
by Bianca Perla | Oct 23, 2015 | blog
By Kathryn True This fall as I walked down my street with a visiting nature-loving friend from Seattle, she suddenly asked, “What’s that?” We both stopped, delighted by an unusually loud and spring-like bird song, emanating from the forest across from my driveway on...
by Bianca Perla | Jun 19, 2015 | blog
A few days before the BioBlitz I sat on driftwood logs at Maury Island Marine Park beach and took a moment to meditate on the upcoming weekend. This has become a tradition for me before every BioBlitz survey. I’m not sure how it started or exactly why I am...
by Bianca Perla | Oct 6, 2014 | blog
When Phoebe Goit returned home from the 2014 island Bioblitz in July, she found a surprise as she peered at a tiny twig under her microscope. A Kitsap Peninsula resident who has volunteered her lichen expertise at the last two Bioblitzes, Phoebe was stumped by an...
