THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
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general store.
Michelle Huynh t
Malheur I
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Troop leader Bob Misley stands with the "death van." The group
found a cow skull along the side of the road.
The Malheur Field Station trip took place April 26-29. Front row from left. Jayne Salers, James
Cameron, Mark Gibbs, Julia Stubblefield, Richard Marx. Back row from left: Eric Sanders, Gene
Powell, Calvin Nunn, Annabel Spencer, Marlene tucker, Michelle Huynh, BobMIsiey.
Richard Marx
Staff Writer
April 26-29 was the annul
biology trip to the Malheur Ni
tional Wildlife Refuge. Coi
ducted by biology and botan
instructor Bob Misley, the pui
ppse of this trip was to obscn
birds, geological formations, an
native plants.
“The birds observed wei
mostly water-fowl and shoi
birds,” said Misley, “includii
egrets, great blue herons, sandhi
cranes, Canada geese and mat
different species of ducks.”
Shore birds are the wadiq
snipe-type birds, usually cha rat
terized by long thin bills. The
were represented by such kind
as willets, avocets, sandpiper
and dowitchers.
“Besides these, we also sa
yellow-headed and redwing blac
birds, as well as such songbin
as warblers. Among several typi
of seagulls, we saw the Frar
klin’s gull, which is distinct t
it’s black head.”
Most of these birds wer
observed at the marshes whei
they feed and nest.
Wright’s Point and Diamon
Craters were among some th
geological sights examined. I
Where's that bird?