The Fairview Field Guide by The Patient Garden

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Wildlife

Field notes on birds, pollinators, and recurring visitors observed around The Patient Garden.

A small but expanding collection, added gradually as patterns repeat across seasons.

Anna's hummingbird perched in the garden

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Calypte anna

Anna’s Hummingbird

Anna's hummingbird is the Pacific Northwest's year-round hummingbird; a tiny, iridescent jewel that stays through Salem winters when every other hummingbird has left. They're fiercely territorial garden specialists, and their gorget flashes magenta-pink like a neon sign when the light catches it right.

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Wildlife field notes

A small but expanding collection, with each entry written as a short field note from Fairview.
Red-Tailed Hawk shown in a temporary reference photo.

Red-Tailed Hawk

The red-tailed hawk is the large, broad-winged raptor sitting on the utility pole at the edge of the Fairview site, watching the open

This guide is growing gradually, with new field notes added over time.