The Cowlitz PUD Osprey cam is finally live again. This year they added a second camera with live audio. There are 3 eggs now.
See the videos on YouTube: Camera one has a view from above, and camera two from the side with the audio.
Vaux's Swifts are starting to roost in the Riverside Community Church chimney in Rainier. See a live view into the chimney here (https://vauxhappeningor.click2stream.com/)
Folks wishing to check out this phenomenon for themselves will have the best chance from half an hour before sunset until half an
... Read More
The Cowlitz PUD Osprey cam is live again. The first osprey arrived on March 30th for the 2025 season.
Cowlitz PUD provides a free children’s guide (PDF) built around Osprey Migration and Electrical Safety. See the videos on YouTube: Camera one has a view from above, and camera two from the side
... Read More
By Russ Koppendrayer
New species continued to trickle in throughout the month of March as spring migration ramped up. One rare addition to our Cowlitz County year list was a Franklin's Gull found on the log boom at the Kalama Marina. This third ever
... Read More
The Cowlitz PUD Osprey cam is finally live again. This year they added a second camera with live audio. There are 3 eggs now.
See the videos on YouTube: Camera one has a view from above, and camera two from the side with the audio.
By Russ Koppendrayer
Early February saw new species trickle in with the last week being a bit more active on that front. We did not find any species that is particularly rare for Cowlitz
... Read More
The Spring 2025 Whistler is available now.
Read more of its content:
By Russ Koppendrayer
We're off to another fine beginning to our avian year here in Cowlitz County. Included in this month's reports was a flock of six Barn Swallows in the Longview industrial area. Although it seems incredible
... Read More