This guide includes videos to help you identify them by sight and sound. ... What's in your backyard? How to identify 11 Oregon birds by sound and sight. Updated: Jul. 15, 2018, 8:00 a.m.

Oregon bird watchers can sit in front of a backyard tree or venture out to the 12,000-acre Sauvie Island Wildlife Area on the state’s northern border or the 190,000-acre Malheur National ...

Since self-publishing “Nature of Bend: A Field Guide to Plants and Animals” in 2016, LeeAnn Kriegh has seen the guide around Central Oregon. She’s spotted it being carried with dog-eared ...

Phil Swanson says at first glance his yard may not look much like a bird oasis. But he’s been wildly successful in drawing ...

Don’t take the birds in your backyard for granted. Beyond eating bugs or invasive plant seeds, backyard birds provide people with joy and wonder, said Geoff LeBaron, Christmas Bird Count ...

But for home maintenance and peace of mind, it's good to know how to identify common backyard bird eggs and the one you don't want to see — the house sparrow, which is a pest, believe it or not.

Oregon has had 41 outbreaks that affected 907,000 birds and resulted in about 130 people being exposed to avian influenza, but there have been zero human infections. “The risk to the public ...

It's one of the many birds counted in the 2014 Great Backyard Bird Count. ... for folks to count avian species in their ... which she says has become more and more common in this area of Oregon.

An outbreak in Oregon’s Linn County was confirmed Thursday in a non-commercial, non-poultry backyard flock with about 160 birds, including geese. In Washington’s Pacific County, the virus was ...

There is something so civilized about giving names to the birds that surround us. I bought a book, called “The New Birder’s Guide to Birds of North America,” and ...

Oregon’s big claim to fame is the great gray owl, “one of the most elusive species in the Lower 48,” said Salem-based bird guide and author Harry Fuller. Bird fans on the Oregon coast look ...