Scanning the area in which my gaze was fixed she asked, “Do you see something else? A hawk, an eagle, a heron?” “Much better,” I rejoiced, “a crow!” As natural hunters, foragers, and opportunists, crows thrive and play many roles in the urban ecosystem. salishmagazine.org/serious-play...

Photo by Larry Hubbell, author of Salish Magazine's latest photo-essay: Bald Eagles, A Visual Story. It shows and describes them flying, hunting, building a nest, raising and feeding their young, and the young fledging. salishmagazine.org/bald-eagles-...

New issue of Salish Magazine: Backyard Birds...stories and poetry about hummingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, wrens, eagles, nuthatches, crows, juncos, and much more. We'll let you know via our newsletter when we add more content throughout the spring. Take a look: salishmagazine.org/issue-31/

Happy Earth Day! After almost 8 years, Salish Magazine continues to offer stories, poetry, and imagery about nature — and by learning more, you can care more. Let's celebrate our planetary home! salishmagazine.org

Tiny fertilized egg is buried in freshwater. The alevin emerges from its egg. Years later the baby fish has grown into an adult who navigates home from the ocean to its birth stream to spawn and die. Salmon offer an interesting & complex story of the cycle of life. salishmagazine.org/salmon-upstr...

Here is a glimpse at natural recycling through the eyes of a tiny recycler: Crawling out of the leaf litter this morning my antennae began to twitch. Chemicals from rotting meat floated in the morning air — now to claim this resource for our children. salishmagazine.org/undertakers-...

The Salish Sea, that vast inland waterway between Washington and British Columbia, is one of the most ecologically diverse places on Earth. Beneath all this beauty, lies a quiet but essential workforce: nature’s recyclers. salishmagazine.org/natures-recy...

Moist and damp for much of the year, the Pacific Northwest is a slug paradise. While noses may crinkle at the thought of a slug, these slimy and slow creatures have an important role in the ecosystem. ...and even a short video of humans reflecting on slugs. salishmagazine.org/the-slowdown...

Spring is coming. And here's the harbinger of spring (red-winged blackbird) to celebrate with us. You can help call attention to nature by making a donation to help support Salish Magazine: www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization...

We've had some really great content in Salish Magazine' 8 years. Help us continue to bring you interesting and informative views of nature. Contribute via today's Kitsap Great Give: www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization...

Just a few recent examples of how Salish Magazine brings nature to you: free, online, no advertising. Help us continue by contributing via the Great Give: www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization...

Our beaches are so amazing! Help support Salish Magazine's stories about the amazing nature surrounding us. Today you can do that through the #KitsapGreatGive www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization...

We have been bringing you media about nature in our region for 8 years now in Salish Magazine. You can help us continue this project. The "give day" is March 10, but donations are being accepted today as well. Thanks!! www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization...

A stroll on the beach offers plentiful examples of how nature recycles. Driftwood is a good example of this. Even the sand on the beach tell a recycle story, albeit a very slow one. Here's a new Salish Magazine article about that by Gunnison Langley: salishmagazine.org/driftwood-an...

Nature has been recycling for billions of years. This winter issue of Salish Magazine will discuss (and show) how nature recycles throughout the ecosystem. This initial release contains a page of poems and an article More content will be added throughout the winter. salishmagazine.org/issue-30/

The “Big Three”, stonefly, mayfly, and caddisfly, are biological indicators — their presence in the water can give hints about the health of the stream. And they play important roles in the ecosystem as well. Here's our new article by Mercedes Garcia: salishmagazine.org/stream-bugs/

A shore pine's needles, once green, have burnished to copper. It leans into its last breath. The pine beetle has arrived — as part of a living consortium of fungi, bacteria, and mites. This is the beginning of something new. Photo & article by Lucienne Miodonski: salishmagazine.org/tiny-hunger/

After a tree dies, termites get to work, breaking it down from the inside out. Over time, the old tree will fully disappear. In its place, the forest will grow again, nourished by the steady work of tiny creatures most people never see. Here's that new article: salishmagazine.org/beneath-the-...

Do insects have personalities? Special thanks to all of the poets who contributed poetry for our insect issue — we received so many poems that we split them across two pages. So here are six more poems. salishmagazine.org/poetry-29-b/

Another new article: A garden is more than flowers and vegetables. It’s an ecosystem — a collaboration of sunlight, soil, water, plants, animals, fungi, and microbes. salishmagazine.org/insect-garden/

Elk and Insects Here's a new article for our Autumn 2025 issue: This informative article is illustrated by paintings by the author, Justin Johnson. salishmagazine.org/elk-and-inse...

We're beginning year eight of Salish Magazine with an issue about “Insects”. This initial release contains a page of poems and a fascinating article about an insect which tunnels its way forward, like a miner working deep in the earth. Here it is: salishmagazine.org/issue-29/

We're coming up on mushroom season, so here's a link to a great article from 2019 Salish Magazine. Our 2025 Autumn issue will begin to show up soon... salishmagazine.org/think-like-a...

CALLING Writers, Artists, Poets, Photographers, Filmmakers, and Audio artists for the Winter 2025 Issue of Salish Magazine — Theme: “Nature’s Recyclers" If you think you might want to submit some content on this theme, find details at: salishmagazine.org/call-for-submissions/

Berry plants gift us with color. How do berries get their colors? Why are they colorful in the first place? What kinds of berries can be observed locally throughout the year? Here is the last [belated] article of our Summer issue of Salish Magazine. salishmagazine.org/a-rainbow-of...

This photo essay follows several young explorers as they discover berries and other parts of the berry ecosystem. From browning maple leaves, Mahonia flowers, and thimbleberries, to a rough skinned newt, these youngsters do more than observe, they create art. salishmagazine.org/nature-walk-...

Three species of blackberry grow around the Salish Sea. One is native, but the other two are invasive species. This article illustrates the make-up of blackberries, and it discusses some similar species as well as blackberry ecology. salishmagazine.org/blackberries...

We've added another article to our Berries issue of Salish Magazine...a tree visited by berry gulpers, sap eaters, and gleaners with photos and sounds. Take a look (and listen): salishmagazine.org/our-rowan-tr... Photo above is a berry cached in a rowan tree and is by Thomas Noland.

New article in Salish Magazine. Along the edges of the Salish Sea, a blush presages the return of the salmon. The rose-pink blossoms of salmonberrries give way to amber and ruby fruit as the salmon begin their long journeys home. Take a look: salishmagazine.org/blush-before-the-salmon/

The theme of our summer issue of Salish magazine is “Berries.” This initial release contains 2 pages of poems about berries, with a variety of perspectives and styles: roots, nectar, bees, jam, tie-dyeing, prickles, and of course, taste explosions — sometimes a surprise: salishmagazine.org/issue-28/

New Life is prevalent in the spring, and here is a photo essay which shows some of that new life in the Salish Sea region as well as some things which lead to new life: salishmagazine.org/images-of-ne...

Some great bee photos accompany this story of bees that we can see in our Salish Sea region. In addition to their life history, this article tells about the social styles of bees and their phenology: their different activities (or inactivity) throughout the year. salishmagazine.org/springtime-bees

Finding a long-toed salamander under a fallen log is a special experience. A new article in Salish Magazine tells about research on long-toed salamanders in the Union Bay Natural Area — and about the critters' life history. salishmagazine.org/salish-sea-s... photo by Julianna Hallza

As I've been seeing the ferns (and bracken) unfolding this spring, it reminded me of an article we published a couple of years ago about native evergreen plants: from huckleberry to honeysuckle, from stonecrop to kinnikinnick (which was flowering recently). salishmagazine.org/gardening-wi...

New Article for Salish Magazine: salishmagazine.org/herald-of-sp... They make a very recognizable sound, and they're out there now waiting for you to visit!

Salish Magazine's spring theme is New Life, a time for birth, growth, & flowering. It’s a time when the big, invisible cycles and webs of nature are perhaps most apparent. So far, this issue contains some poetry and artwork. More articles will follow through the Spring. salishmagazine.org/issue-27/

The last article for our Winter issue. Can a marine creature have an important relationship with the air? The air can propel “rafts” of “by-the-wind sailors.” salishmagazine.org/by-the-wind-sailor/ (photo by Rick Harbo) Spring issue will be online soon!

Today I saw dozens of brants nearshore at Point No Point. I guess they're on their way to Alaska. Help support Salish Magazine through the #KitsapGreatGive www.kitsapgreatgive.org/organization...

AERIAL RELATIONSHIPS Animals are not the only spreaders of pollen and seeds. This article takes look at the air around us being used by a variety of plants to aid in their reproduction. Nature certainly has a very diverse set of approaches. salishmagazine.org/aerial-relat...

End of December I found eggs in a nest in my outdoor firewood stack. Nest materials included feathers, plant parts, and plastic. Eggs were about 7/8" long. I cracked one and it was liquid inside. I left them on my deck. Today they were still undisturbed, no other critter interested apparently. 🌎

EGGS ON A JOURNEY by Christina Jarvis This is just a small piece of Christina's artwork which offers an answer to the question: how do fish get into isolated bodies of water? Visit the web page to see the whole image and the rest of the story: salishmagazine.org/eggs-on-a-jo...

I just saw, "Exploring the superpowers of moss", a 6 minute video examining many facets of moss in the ecosystem: microscopic peeks, it even turns rocks into soil. Filmed in British Columbia, aired via Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. I hope to see more like this: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

New article in Salish Magazine: To attract the female fairy moths, the males “dance” in swarms above and on the flowers of our native ocean spray. But witnessing the aerial dance of the male fairy moth eluded me. Until . . . salishmagazine.org/dance-of-the...

I discovered a web site which tells many facets of the kelp forest story, doing an amazing job of it — with images, video, words, references, and no advertising. It also has menus to let you choose different perspectives, such as region, forest community members, restoration, etc. bullkelp.info