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Outdoors blog archive for June 1, 2015

MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015



A white-and-brown American avocet, foreground, is surrounded by dowitchers and yellowlegs Sept. 28 at Port Susan Bay, Wash.  (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Shorebird migration has begun, birder says

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Birding enthusiasts who keep a watch along the muddy edges of the region's waters are perking up this week. Local birder Jon Isacoff said his observations yesterday at Slavin Conservation Area south of Spokane indicate the "southbound migration is underway!" Here his…

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Giant current ripples  southwest of Fairchild Air Force Base  were produced during the catastrophic Ice Age outburst floods when  the ice dam containing Glacial Lake Missoula failed. (Courtesy Kiver / The Spokesman-Review)

Megafloods expert to speak at SCC 

GEOLOGY -- A free lecture, "Megafloods, the Channeled Scablands, Siberia, Mars and Beyond," will be presented byVictor Baker at 7 p.m. Tuesday June 2 at Spokane Community College Lair Auditorium, Building 6, sponsored by the Ice Age Floods Institute. Baker, an international authority on catastrophic…

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