Nature at Home 2: Owlcam

Nature at Home 2: Owlcam

“An owl is mostly air.” Ursula K. Le Guin, poet Nature at Home is a series of blog posts on Vashon Nature Center programs and activities. With each post we provide further learning opportunities and community science projects or actions you can do from home. You can...
Summer 2019: thank you community science volunteers!

Summer 2019: thank you community science volunteers!

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...
Barney and Blanche: a tale of barn owls nesting

Barney and Blanche: a tale of barn owls nesting

by: Mark Timken, owl painting by Beatrice Timken Hope just means another world might be possible, not promised, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.  —Rebecca Solnet, 2016, p. 4 “Look! An owl!” my partner exclaimed with...