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A Swan’s Sounding Sojourn

Sierra O'Connell2019-11-29T16:32:52-08:00November 15th, 2019|

If you sleep with your windows open, you may have noticed the morning songs of passerines (songbirds) gradually diminishing, until one [...]

Craig Canine2019-05-21T14:43:08-07:00May 21st, 2019|

Well-behaved human and dogs on Turtleback Mountain We're all creatures of habit, and some of us are in the habit of [...]

Craig Canine2019-01-10T11:18:40-08:00January 10th, 2019|

Trumpeter Swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson Winter is a wonderful time to see migratory waterfowl, and Zylstra Lake Preserve [...]

Craig Canine2018-11-29T12:51:26-08:00October 31st, 2018|

SJPT Land Steward Rob Roy McGregor took these photos on a recent night at Red Mill Farm Preserve on San Juan [...]

Craig Canine2018-10-31T09:34:53-07:00October 31st, 2018|

A group of photo enthusiasts boated to Vendovi Island on October 20 to capture images of autumn splendor. They found plenty, [...]

Craig Canine2018-09-21T17:23:29-07:00May 1st, 2018|

From our friends at the San Juan County Land Bank: Western Tanager on Vendovi Island | Kurt Thorson Join [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-18T11:30:31-07:00February 28th, 2018|

The last day of February I hear the startling wheep, wheep, wheep, wheep of four black oystercatchers as they come screaming down the [...]

Craig Canine2018-09-21T17:22:54-07:00January 23rd, 2018|

Trumpeter swans on Zylstra Lake | Kurt Thorson SJPT Stewardship Manager Kathleen Foley, who coordinates the annual swan count [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-18T18:27:35-07:00November 22nd, 2017|

Last month’s “Forest Fungi Foray” outing to Waldron Island attracted an enthusiastic group of Preservation Trust members. All was in place for [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-22T10:00:38-07:00November 22nd, 2017|

Arrival of the Swans On November 2, a friend calls to tell me the swans are back. … It is exhilarating to [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-18T18:53:39-07:00September 14th, 2017|

In the San Juans, September is a time of transition for the birds. The change seems subtle at first—recognition that the [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-18T20:07:02-07:00August 1st, 2017|

Photo: ajmexico | CC by 2.0 Okay, so the solar eclipse on August 21 will not be full in [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-26T17:11:48-07:00June 2nd, 2017|

Following SJPT’s 38th Annual Meeting in Friday Harbor last month, 20 SJPT members piled into a minibus and took off in [...]

Louise Kelly2018-09-18T20:25:55-07:00June 2nd, 2017|

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, drones—the remote-controlled, helicopter-like gadgets that have inspired a whole new generation of potato guns—can be a [...]

Preservation Trust2018-09-22T09:44:33-07:00July 25th, 2011|

For those who did not join us on our "Butterflies of the San Juan Islands" walk after our Annual Meeting in [...]