There were a handful of items on the April 16 Shady Cove City Council meeting agenda, arguably the most important was an update on the recruitment of a new city administrator.
Longtime Crawlies readers know that 99.99% I write about local crawlies who I have seen – and photographed. Occasionally I’ll use a second photograph from a friend or iNaturalist – but always include at least one of my own.
So. I was leaving Walmart the other week—
Okay, with the amount of bird seed I buy, I’m entering or leaving Walmart every week, but I digress.
Bird migration season is heating up and if you aren’t already seeing more birds in your yard – or at least different birds – you will be soon.
Despite recent rains and chilly nights, it’s still migration time here in our area. That means it’s time to revisit “How to move a Western pond turtle safely and only when absolutely necessary.”
As the weather warms (then cools, then warms, then rains…) you’re most likely beginning to see some wasps about.
What you may not know is that you are seeing way more wasps than you likely realize. Way more.
If you read the April 1, 2026 Crawlies, you know I recently had a rare visitor to my yard; a black-chinned X Anna’s hummingbird hybrid.
If you haven’t read that Crawlies yet, we’ll pause while you click over and catch up.
As spring leaves continue to unfurl, the week we’ll explore four of Oregon’s deciduous trees.
We had a lot to choose from, so we’ll have to explore more at a later date, but for this week we chose Red Alder, Oregon Ash, Quaking Aspen and Vine Maple.
Very few people were able to attend the April 2 Shady Cove City Council meeting via Zoom. Here’s why and what you need to do so you can attend subsequent meetings.
Why: Due to recent Zoom disruptions, and lacking no easy way to prevent them, the city will now need to verify potential Zoom attendees before allowing them into the meeting. Staff did the best they could April 2, letting in individuals they were familiar with.
This week’s crawly is funky little beetle that looks like it was built from teeny spare parts of other beetles and even other completely different arthropods.