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Pet Tips
‘n’ Tales
Special northwest-only Baroque concert,
lecture coming to Cottage Grove June 2
By Mary Ellen
“Angel Scribe”
Rapping about Raptors
A Western Screech Owl had no need to call 911 when
it was in trouble; it found the police on its own!
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The University of Oregon’s international confer-
ence “Musicking: Cultural Considerations” encom-
passes the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Ba-
roque, Classical and Romantic eras. It is organized
annually by graduate students of the University of
Oregon and presents a week full of masterclasses,
lectures, panel discussions and concerts, featuring
world-renowned “early music” performers and
scholars.
This conference is unique in the Pacific North-
west.
“Last year, attendance at Musicking concerts
overflowed UO’s Beall Hall and the new Oregon
Bach Festival Berwick Hall, something rarely seen
in the history of the School of Music,” said Holly
Roberts, the conference’s executive director. “This
year, we’re planning something even bigger and
bringing audiences two oratorios that likely have
not been performed since they were first written,
over 300 years ago.”
This year, for the second time, the conference will
come to Cottage Grove. Natascha Reich, music di-
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rector at First Presbyterian Church Cottage Grove,
established the link between Cottage Grove’s music
lovers and the Musicking conference organization.
The result is a concert at First Presbyterian
Church (216 S Third Street) on Sunday June 2.
The Musicking Conference Oratorio Orchestra
will present a culturally-informed performance of
excerpts from G.A. Perti’s “La Beata Imelde” and Q.
Colombani’s “Il martirio di S. Cecilia,” conducted
by Professor of Musicology Marc Vanscheeuwijck.
Audience members are invited to experience an
afternoon of 17th-century heartfelt (and at times
ecstatic) expressions of divine love, a deep dive into
Cecilia and Imelde’s inner devotionality.
The concert starts at 3 p.m., and like all Musick-
ing events, it is open to the public and offered free
of charge.
For those who are interested in music histo-
ry, there will be a pre-concert lecture at 2:30 p.m.
Snacks will be provided after the concert by mem-
bers of First Presbyterian Church Cottage Grove.
LORANE NEWS
Contributed by
Lil Thompson
for The Sentinel
• Today, May 29, is
Senior Recognition at 7
p.m. Come share in their
accomplishments. Every-
one is welcome.
• Baccalaureate for se-
niors is scheduled for
Sunday, June 2, at Crow
Nazarene Church in
Crow, beginning at 6 p.m.
• Come and celebrate
with the seniors of CHS
as they graduate on June
7 at 7 p.m.
• Other dates to re-
member: June 18 is
Eighth-Grade Recogni-
tion at 7 p.m.; The last
day of school will be a
half-day on June 20.
• Mark your calendars
for the Territorial High-
way meeting on June 20
at Lorane Grange from 6
to 8 p.m.
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his is a new twist — an owl struck a Lane County
Sheriff ’s Deputy’s vehicle, rather than the oth-
er way around. It was a little Western Screech Owl
“whoo” sustained severe head trauma. The officer
stopped his vehicle, retrieved the raptor and drove it
to Eugene’s nonprofit Cascades Raptor Center. Their
specialized veterinarian, Dr. Ulrike Streicher, cares for
300 injured birds a year and she tended to the unfor-
tunate owl’s needs.
After six weeks of healing, the owl was ready to re-
turn home. But where was home?
“Raptors have established home ranges,” said Dr.
Ulrike. “Returning them to their own territory is the
least stressful for them and most promising for their
post-release survival. For this bird we did not know
exactly where home was. All we knew was that the
bird was found along the highway, about three miles
out of Lorane.”
One evening, she and her husband drove out to re-
lease the recovered bird and chose a random farm’s
driveway about three miles out of town. The driveway
interfaced a forest clearing, so it was an ideal spot for
the little owl. They parked and took the bird’s carrier
from the vehicle.
“Our appearance alerted some cows, a horse and
two dogs,” said Dr. Ulrike. “The cows’ mooing and
dogs’ barking alerted a young farmer, who came down
from the house on his motorbike to investigate. We
explained who we were, so he watched the release.”
When Dr. Ulrike handed him her business card, the
young farmer said, “It’s a strange coincidence that you
would come here today. My grandmother has an in-
jured owl in her house and doesn’t know what to do
with it.”
Thinking she must have heard wrong but still cu-
rious, Dr. Ulrike entered the home and indeed found
an injured Screech Owl in a laundry basket covered
with a towel. The farmer and his wife were equally
surprised with the unexpected appearance of an ex-
pert raptor veterinarian, who looked over owl num-
ber two.
“The bird looked miserable and had one eye closed.
It, too, had a head trauma as birds so often have after
being hit by a vehicle,” said Dr. Ulrike. “The farmers
were relieved to hand it into our care. They had hit it
the previous night and taken it inside, hoping it would
recover. I am not sure what would have happened to
it if we had not miraculously appeared on scene. The
situation felt somewhat eerie, like the Raptor Center
had received a call from the Universe!”
The second Screech Owl was later returned to the
farm and released in the presence of the farmer’s fam-
ily. Their owl story will be featured in next week’s Pet
Tips ‘n’ Tales — and it proves the Aesop’s quote: “No
act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
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WE LIVE IN THE SAME TOWN WE WORK IN
“WE MAKE SHIFT HAPPEN!”
TIPS:
• “Stop using rodenticides; they kill anything that
eats a poisoned rodent,” said Louise Shimmel, Cas-
cades Executive Director.
• “Screening chimneys prevents nesting species
from getting trapped in them. Plant native plants for
their seeds, berries, nuts, pollen and nectar for native
wildlife and insects.”
• Do not rescue young, healthy wildlife unless abso-
lutely sure their parents are dead. Most birds are fed
by both parents, and it is part of normal development
for young birds to be out of the nest before they can
fly — but they should be mostly feathered out and
able to hop and perch. Their parents continue to feed
them wherever they are.
• Keeping your cats inside, it is healthier for them
and for all wildlife.”
Meet rescued Raptors in Eugene each Tuesday
through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more in-
formation, visit https://cascadesraptorcenter.org.
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