by Bianca Perla | Oct 22, 2022 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
Elwood, the young male Northern elephant seal in Tramp Harbor this fall. Credit: Jim Diers For almost everyone living in the Pacific Northwest over the past century, Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are not considered a common sight. But, over the...
by Kathryn True | Oct 7, 2022 | blog
The blue frog is out there…somewhere. Photo credit: Jim Diers The blue frog is my holy grail. Ever since learning that the Northern Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) can on the rarest of occasions turn up sky blue in color, I have been on the lookout for this...
by Bianca Perla | Sep 15, 2022 | blog
This is a special guest blog post by our 2022 Summer Science Communication Intern Alana Bass. Each year that the Bioblitz survey takes place, residents of Vashon set out to observe and identify every single species that they can – a task that requires a lot of moving...
by Mary Bruno | Jul 25, 2022 | blog
Chuck Weinstock (left) and Don Furman of the seven-member feasibility board recommending that Burton buy its water system for $1.2 million. Credit: Mary Bruno UPDATE, August 2, 2022: Straw poll results are in: Seventy-two percent of Burton...
by Kathryn True | Jul 22, 2022 | blog
BioBlitz mushroom survey leaders Hannah Morosoff and Wren Hudgins examine the details of a specimen in a photo. Credit: Susie Fitzhugh Two days after Vashon Nature Center’s 2022 BioBlitz, NASA released the first breathtaking images from the James Webb Space Telescope....
by Bianca Perla | Jul 2, 2022 | blog
Vashon Nature Center is celebrating their 10th anniversary Bioblitz this year on July 9th and 10th. This 24-hour biodiversity survey has been run by the Nature Center at different island locations since 2012. This year it will be focused on town and surrounding areas,...
