You will have an opportunity to see a work party in action! Learn about many different aspects of life in community. Please RSVP to cohocontact@cohoecovillage.org, and you will get a reminder with the name of your guide and where to meet.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Some of the most frequent fliers at my bird feeder are several birds who nest and live mostly on the ground. These include towhees, dark-eyed juncos, song sparrows, white-throated sparrows, and fox sparrows. The white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos live on the ground, but nest further north, they live at Coho from fall through spring. […]
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood with snow! January 26, 2021 Chloe’s first snow day!
When Christina & Paul became our neighbors last summer, Coho gained a science filmmaker. Her website is a treasure trove of beautifully photographed short films about fascinating subjects, all wrapped up in creativity and humor. You can see the trailer to her current project The future of Animals here. The Future of Animals does not […]
In 2020, we welcomed our new neighbors, Christina Choate and Paul Cotter. They moved here from N. California. Paul immediately started working as a brewer at Mazama Brewing. Christina is a science/nature filmmaker (see the next post). Paul & Christina in Oregon 2020. Lovely wedding photo!