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Oregon State University Press

Halcyon Journey: Searching for Kingfishers

June 30, 2022June 28, 2022 by John Yunker

Kingfishers are birds more often heard than seen. Walk next to Bear Creek here in the Rogue Valley and you will probably hear them, though seeing them is not so …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Ecology, Nonfiction, Oregon State University Press

Review: Edge of Awe: Experiences of the Malheur-Steens Country

September 29, 2019September 24, 2019 by John Yunker

Funny how a word can change on you. When I moved to Oregon nearly a decade ago, I first heard about the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, about the Steens mountain …

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Categories Birds, Book Publishers, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Essays, History, Hunting, Nonfiction, Oregon State University Press, What we're reading, Wolves

Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of Pacific Northwest Landscapes

September 29, 2019August 22, 2016 by John Yunker

In Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of Pacific Northwest Landscapes, author Ellen Morris Bishop takes reader on a slow-moving journey across time and place. And by …

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Categories Book Reviews, Climate Change, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oregon State University Press

Holy Mōlī: Albatross and Other Ancestors

September 29, 2019May 8, 2016 by John Yunker

The Laysan albatross is known as Mōlī in Hawaiian. It is difficult not to speak in superlatives when describing the albatross. The bird has a wingspan longer than most humans are …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oregon State University Press

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