Brewer Sparrow News Today

Seven years ago, I stood atop a sagebrush bluff in eastern Oregon, waiting for the coming total eclipse of the sun. Ten minutes before totality, in a half-light like some strange Instagram filter, a Brewer’s Sparrow started singing. The crowd began to exclaim, “It’s coming!” and “Oh my God!” And, then, suddenly, we looked up, and there it was– floating in calm, peaceful stillness, a perfect black disc surrounded by a silky silver corona.

JACKSON — The Wyoming Legislature has made the first move in what’s sure to be a protracted debate this winter about the future of the Kelly parcel.

JACKSON — The Wyoming Legislature has made the first move in what’s sure to be a protracted debate this winter about the future of the Kelly Parcel.

If the lenses on your binoculars are due for a polishing, now would be a good time to bring out a fresh cleaning cloth.

Recently, I was at the Kingman Campus of Mohave Community College, which is on the edge of a desert grassland area and often a great place to see various wildlife

Badger Creek Ranch herd in Colorado is working for birds through Audubon’s Conservation Ranching program.

The launch of Washington’s least-conflict solar siting project is a milestone for Audubon’s clean energy efforts in the state.

Editor’s Note: Having admired the most glorious photos of colorful and unusual birds visiting the Lake Erie region of Northwest Ohio taken by Dianne Rozak of

View Comments Walking through a misty moss-covered forest feels as comfortable to me as relaxing with a good book in my favorite chair at home. Having lived my entire life on the west side of the Cascades, I feel a deep familiarity with nature as it expresses itself in moist verdancy. But now and then I long for the stark beauty and openness of Oregon’s desert country. Without lush growth cloaking this arid landscape, its unique geology is plainly visible. The land of little rain can hide no ...