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Highly visual, digital storytelling about things you can see outdoors in Salish Sea public forests and beaches, with an ecosystem perspective

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We're starting off 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: https://t.co/1YIbM1sSjV

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Issue 25 Poetry
From Mount Jupiter to velvet antlers, from a mighty douglas fir to the wind tiptoeing through the forest, these poems celebrate a variety of relationships in nature. You can see these poems by four different poets.
https://t.co/MyM2vuO9HW
(photo by Barb Erickson)

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Finally! The TV series SEA-Inside: Pacific Northwest, about our PNW marine world, has an updated web site. So far there are just 2 of the 22 episodes (from earlier this century) online, but more to come soon!
https://t.co/YB9KU1iEpB

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Ecosystems are more than just creatures and things — to really see the story of what's going on in nature, knowing about the relationships is necessary: https://t.co/03EshEijNI
I hope you find that this look at nature opens some new doors of perception and understanding

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Are you enjoying spider season? Have you seen bunches of baby spiders yet? Here's an article about that, and at the end of it are links to more articles about our favorite spiders: https://t.co/Mn3Q94dVq8

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Not far from the skyscrapers in downtown Seattle, the Olympic Sculpture Park offers access to a shoreline. At low tide, visitors can see an assortment of marine life in this urban habitat.
You can read more about this beach:
https://t.co/K4Ps3aGYkc

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You may have recently noticed lots of people on the beaches fishing! To celebrate the return of the salmon, here's an amazing local video about salmon from the native American perspective which we published back in 2021: https://t.co/dWNlgFiuJ7

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Excerpt: At first, I thought it was a gunshot. Then I noticed a spotted towhee lying on the deck just below my large window.
The latest article for our Nature in the City issue takes a look at the growing problem of birds crashing into windows.
https://t.co/XxGJyuadev

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Wave washing over jellyfish. See some interesting metal sculpture presentations of jellyfish (and other critters) in our photo essay from last summer: https://t.co/ONIPNeE2Ae

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Neanderthals in the House
Or At Least Their Relatives, and Ours, Too. One way that nature shows up in the city is as fossils of things from leaves to small marine creatures. There are many options for finding urban fossils in Seattle.
https://t.co/9IH5wH6XkA
#fossils

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Daytime low tides = my favorite aspect of summer! There is so much to see...such a wide variety of structure and functionality. You can also see some stories about the beach houses of local marine life in our Summer 2021 issue of Salish Magazine:
https://t.co/uDhcEbbxjP

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The Wild Indoors, by Sarah Ottino.
An examination of some of the less obvious parts of our indoor ecosystems — nature is not just outside! "While none of these animals are seeking to harm or frighten their human roommates, it is easy to forget this..."

https://t.co/soRuw1StQa

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Ghost plant (ghost pipe) I saw today in the Grand Forest, Bainbridge Island. I came across a few groups of them in the east part of Grand Forest East. More pix and info: https://t.co/rIBQfjyt6M

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"my daily outings became freckled with many different kinds of birds — juncos, jays, chickadees, and ospreys....then two hummingbirds flew towards what they believed to be a tree, but what was in fact a deadly illusion."
https://t.co/rWhhDBquxi

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I just published a review of this great book. I was delighted to discover that Homewaters by David B. Williams did an exceptionally good job depicting nature more as a “system”, an ecosystem, than as a list of species or a hierarchical food chain. that.
https://t.co/m8F5D5e85Q

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Salish Magazine's theme for our Autumn issue will be "Relationships in Nature." It is a challenging topic, but an important one, so we’ve pushed the deadline for proposals back to July 7.
If you might be interested, see our submission details: https://t.co/Zg7yrCrWTF

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Beach Exploration last week, it was great to see lots of sea stars. And there were Christmas anemones too! More about what you can see on pilings at: https://t.co/2cT4b3zV3M

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NATURE IN THE CITY is Salish Magazine's Summer issue.

It starts out with an article about an urban park which changes dramatically through the seasons. There is also an awesome collection of poems and imagery
Through the summer, we will add more content.
https://t.co/99wKnfDdv1

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Peeking #underwater : from mating squid to colorful nudibranchs (sea slugs), from a video poem to stories of the Inside Passage told through photos…all of these short videos show you views of our Salish Sea that most don’t get to see. https://t.co/gIEhJuilgs

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Our latest article: Edmonds Marsh: Small But Mighty. Estuaries are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world.
In addition to exploring the ecology of the estuary, it tells the tale of the destruction and rebirth of the marsh over the last 150 years.
https://t.co/rQLqi1NX3G