Bristlecone

Studying one of Nevada’s fiercest raptors, the Northern Goshawk

  Submitted by Mackenzie Jeffress for Bristlecone Audubon Chapter with photos by NDOW staff. Often when I tell people that I am a biologist for the Wildlife Diversity Division for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, I have to follow-up with an explanation. The reason? Nevada is home to over 600 wildlife species […]

Sing, Fly Soar — Like a Bird!

Sing, Fly Soar — Like a Bird! Submitted by Lois Ports for Bristlecone Audubon “Sing, Fly, Soar — Like a Bird!” is the theme of the 2021 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD), the only international education program that celebrates the migration of hundreds of bird species between their nesting habitats in North America and […]

Colorful Signs of Spring in the Sagebrush Steppe

Colorful Signs of Spring in the Sagebrush Steppe Submitted by Lois Ports for Bristlecone Audubon The sagebrush steppe ecosystem of the western United States might seem to be an arid and monotonous expanse of sagebrush and grasses as we drive by on the highways of northeastern Nevada. In reality it […]