Wildlife – CoHo Ecovillage

Next Tour of CohoEcovillage: Sunday Feb 16th

Meet at the Common House at 2:00pm on Sunday, Feb 16, 2024. Please RSVP to cohocontact@cohoecovillage.org so we know to expect you. BTW, we are not expecting snow that day.

Prepare to be Awwed: Introducing the new Osprey Chicks!

The sounds of the Osprey papa arriving with food, mama calling out to him, and cute, whistling sound of chicks begging for food, punctuate our summer days, here at Coho. These photos were taken by Chris on July 23. The nest is probably higher than last years nest, so we have been unable to see […]

Next Tour of CohoEcovillage: Sunday August 18

Join us for a late-summer tour of our community. You will get to see cohoots in action at a workparty! Tour the path, the common house, the gardens, the wooded nature path, the workshop and bike barn. Learn about how we do community: meetings, NVC, sustainability, shared meals, and assorted topics. Bring your questions and […]

Next Tour of CohoEcovillage: Sunday July 14, 10:30am

Please join us Sunday July 14, at 10:30am for a tour of our community. See Cohoots in action during a work party. Take a walk down our lovely garden path. Check out our common house. Ask to see where the osprey family nested this year. They are still viewable from the parking lot. You might […]

More Baby Photos from Betty

First glimpse of our new Osprey baby!!!

A little history of our snag, situated near the garages: It has been with Coho since the beginning. It was topped off with a nice flat area that has been used by larger birds like turkey vultures and osprey to eat and mate for years, but until last summer, as the tree was nearing the […]

Wandering Peahens visit Coho!

Peahens investigating Christina’s balcony. These independent peahens have been spotted at different sites around South Corvallis for several weeks. Then they discovered Coho. Who doesn’t want to live at Coho? Unfortunately, they enjoy roosting on our tall buildings. They can be heard calling from various areas around Coho and South Corvallis at different times of […]

A Legacy of Beauty: Marking the Passing of friend and neighbor Mike Volpe

Our beloved friend Mike passed away this morning, with his sister, Peg, by his side. In honor of his love for flowers, cohoots visited and left flowers on his body before singing him off to the funeral home. We reminisced about Mike during our scheduled business meeting: his sense of humor, playfulness, and the many […]

Why have a Wildlife Corridor?

When we first moved to Coho, I just couldn’t get the whole “wildlife corridor” concept, especially when I saw deer walking down the main path at Coho. When I asked about the wildlife corridor, one of the stories I heard involved newts being able to cross the fire lane from the swale behind bldgs 6 […]

Betty B. Puts Bee Box in Tree!

Text and Photo by Betty B. Most bee species are solitary, meaning that each female cares for her own offspring. Eggs are laid one at a time in a chamber created from mud or chewed up plant leaves, provisioned with bee bread made from pollen and nectar, and then sealed up. Then she starts a […]