Category Archives: wildlife in the canyon

Garden Hawk

Posted on October 1, 2003 by Tony Moreno

Most mornings this fall there's been a hawk hanging out in the community garden on the northwest side of the canyon. We've had a bad mouse infestation this year and that makes the garden a good habitat for predators. The… Continue reading →

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Glorybower and Herons

Posted on September 26, 2003 by Tony Moreno

Zac tells me that the tree with the sweet-smelling flowers on the north side of the canyon near the pipe is a glorybower (Clerodendrum sp.). I don't know if we've got a species ID yet. Some glorybowers are listed as… Continue reading →

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River Otter in the Canyon!

Posted on September 17, 2003 by Tony Moreno

For all you readers bored with notes about chicory, here's canyon news of a livelier sort: We may have a river otter in the lake! Zac Perry tells me he saw a river otter near the fishladder entrance the other… Continue reading →

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Who let the frogs out?

Posted on September 12, 2003 by Tony Moreno

I just got a note from Lee Hallagan, class of '03, this afternoon. Lee wrote his Reed thesis on the reintroduction of the Pacific treefrog (Hyla regilla) into the canyon. As part of that thesis, Lee did a habitat… Continue reading →

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Green-Backed Heron

Posted on September 11, 2003 by Tony Moreno

I saw a green-backed heron again today, under the cross-canyon bridge. It seems to be a very skittish bird. Great blue herons don't like human company, but they're sly enough to stand still and disappear into the scenery when humans… Continue reading →

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Osprey

Posted on September 7, 2003 by Tony Moreno

This tuesday, as the thunderstorms rolled in, I saw what looked like a seagull. As it flew closer, and began circling over the Anna Mann lawn, I could the see how much larger the wing span was and that the… Continue reading →

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More owl sightings

Posted on July 21, 2003 by Tony Moreno

The young owls may have left their nest by the art building and moved a little downstream. A gardener at the Reed community gardens saw a young owl in a tree by the rugby field just after sunset last week…. Continue reading →

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Screech(ing) owls in the canyon

Posted on July 11, 2003 by Tony Moreno

Joshua Kemper and Nadia Fay dropped us a note on July 1 to say they spotted 5 western screech owls on the east end of the art building at the edge of the canyon at about 10:30pm. A breeding pair… Continue reading →

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Great Blue Heron

Posted on July 11, 2003 by Tony Moreno

Here's a great photo that was taken by Orin Bassoff, a Reed student: – posted by Niels… Continue reading →

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