Curious About … Liking Snakes?
Herpetologist Torsten Watkins explains how to tell rattlesnakes and gopher snakes apart. Continue Reading →
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Curious About … Antelope bitterbrush?
Antelope bitterbrush is blooming in the Wenatchee Foothill’s shrub-steppe. Fragrant yellow blossoms cover each shrub. Rodents and ants cache seeds. Continue Reading →
Curious About … American Goldfinch?
The American goldfinch are small social resident songbirds active in our neighborhoods. Watch for the lemon yellow male with a black cap and groups of birds flying together, calling “potato chip.” Continue Reading →
Curious About … Bird-friendly Coffee?
When you drink Bird Friendly® certified coffee, you brew a more biodiverse, sustainable world. Using Smithsonian conservation science, the Bird Friendly gold standard does more than other eco-friendly seals to protect habitat, which is often destroyed to make way for coffee growing. Bird Friendly coffees come from farms using a combination of foliage cover, tree height and biodiversity to provide quality habitat for birds and other wildlife. Continue Reading →
Curious About … Western Larch Green-Up?
Washington’s only native deciduous conifer is western larch. Each spring, new needles grow. “Gus” is the champion tree, largest of its species, growing near Seely Lake, Montana Continue Reading →
Curious About … Northern Flickers?
Northern Flickers are common across North America and using drumming and calling during the breeding season to communicate with mates. Continue Reading →
Curious About … Endemics (happily not pandemics)?
Snow Douglasii is a Wenatchee Mountain endemic native perennial wildflower that blooms as snow is melting. Continue Reading →
Register now – Birdwatching for Beginners
Register now for “Birdwatching for Beginners” offered by Wenatchee Valley College in partnerhsip with NCW Aududon Society and the Wenatchee Naturalist program. Continue Reading →
Celebrating Volunteers!
The annual all-Wenatchee Naturalist volunteer recognition social on Nov. 17th recognized 18 volunteers and awarded service pins. Guest science, Mark Oswood, talked about Alaska’s boreal rivers. Continue Reading →
Art-of-Community features Wenatchee Naturalists
In his Art of Community Wenatchee World Podcast, Rufus Woods explores creative ways to build community. Earlier this fall, several of us had the chance to visit with him about the Continue Reading →