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Spring is here! Here’s a roundup of events to satisfy your FOMO

Magdalena BokowaApril 5, 2017January 4, 2023

Are you awakening from hibernation? Dusting off those cobwebs? Alas, dear reader, spring has (sort-of) appeared and this has aroused a serious sense of FOMO related to all things outdoors. Be sure to mark your calendars — here’s a roundup of upcoming Central Oregon spring and summer outdoor activities. Gandy Goose 2017 April 8 & […]

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Natural World: It can be tough to spot a pygmy owl, but sighting one is well worth the effort

Jim AndersonMarch 29, 2017June 8, 2025

Ken Hashagen, president of East Cascades Audubon Society of Bend, and I often get together to discuss bluebirds, kestrels, Great Gray Owls, eagles and other boring topics. “Boring!?” I should say not. After just a few minutes we’re waving our arms about and I can feel my blood pressure building up as we get into […]

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Getting that Spring in Your Step

The weather’s a-changing… time to start running

Magdalena BokowaMarch 29, 2017April 4, 2024

Maybe it’s the hot neon lycra, the tiny water-bottle waistbands or the sultry sweatiness a runner exudes while hammering the trail, but there’s just something about that slender yet strong physique that makes one long to be a runner. With all that talk about that mythical “runner’s high,” there’s something to say about striving for […]

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Hella Big Air offers a hella big party and more

The Source StaffMarch 29, 2017March 28, 2025

HELLA — (adverb) very; extremely BIG — (adjective) large, as in size, height or width AIR — (noun) a jump or airborne stunt The stakes high, risks consequential, speeds unnerving, airtime maximized. What is it about a big jump that brings people together? Is it for the glory, the gold or both? An 82-foot-gap jump […]

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Natural World: From Marsh Hawks to Northern Harriers

Jim AndersonMarch 22, 2017January 21, 2023

There was a time in the long-long-ago of “bird-watching” when today’s Northern Harrier was known as the Marsh Hawk, because the low-flying, small bird- and mammal-eating raptor could almost always be seen in western marshes, flitting along just a few inches above the foliage, always looking down and rarely where it was going. Those were […]

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Natural World: Owls, owls and more owls

Jim AndersonMarch 15, 2017February 24, 2025

Recently I’ve had some interesting phone calls to my home and travelin’ phones, giving me cause to suspect the alien barred owl population (from the eastern United States and Canada) may be on the rise, and people are confusing them with our native great gray owls. Great grays are owls of the open spaces in […]

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Natural World: Journey’s Adventure

Jim AndersonMarch 1, 2017June 27, 2024

Sisters Middle School science teacher Susie Werts’ record-setting monarch butterfly, “Journey,” named such by her students, is back in the news. Professor David James of Washington State University at Pullman—who issued the numbered tag placed on the underside of the butterfly’s hind wing—is keeping in touch with researchers in Carpinteria, Calif., who originally reported the […]

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Ready to Ride

Spring is nearing, and for passionate cyclists it couldn’t come sooner

Rex ShepardMarch 1, 2017November 25, 2023

Whether you’re an enthusiast or even a professional, pedaling on a bike has been particularly challenging this winter. Bend has a reputation for being a place to comfortably ride bikes year-round, but not during this record snow year. For mountain and road bikers alike, the trails and roads have been covered in snow, promsing to […]

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Natural World: Lets go birding!

Jim AndersonFebruary 22, 2017June 8, 2025

If you’ve been wanting to get into birding, now’s the time. The East Cascades Audubon Society and a group of dedicated birders have set up the “Oregon Birding Site Guide” website, providing maps and directions to the some 1100 birding sites in Oregon. Start by going to ecaudubon.org, which will open the ECAS home page. […]

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Sleeping in the Wilds in Winter

Rex ShepardFebruary 22, 2017August 12, 2024

The Source’s outdoor writer packs in—and out—of a local backcountry cabin… but he’s not gonna tell you which one. Three of us carried heavy packs for miles, trudging through knee-deep snow, towing over 100 pounds of food and gear for the many days ahead in the Oregon backcountry. Our wintry paradise was a cabin in […]

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