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The Great Backyard Bird Count 2013
The Great Backyard Bird Count has begun! From Friday, February 15 through Monday, February 18, anyone may participate. Go to the webpage to create an account where you will enter your daily totals. You may count birds for fifteen minutes … Continue reading
Matthews Beach in Seattle in the 1930s
Matthews Beach Park in northeast Seattle is on the shore of Lake Washington, off of Sand Point Way NE at NE 93rd Street. At twenty-two acres, it is Seattle’s largest freshwater bathing beach, and the beach is only one aspect … Continue reading
Posted in Meadowbrook neighborhood, parks
Tagged Neighborhood History, Northeast Seattle in the 1930s, Seattle, WPLongform
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The Fischer Farm in Meadowbrook
It is hard for us to imagine the leap of faith made by people who immigrated to America a century ago. In the 1800s, without the aids of television or radio, immigrants could not get a very clear idea of … Continue reading
Avian Friday: Chickadees
A commonly-seen winter bird is the chickadee which will come to your backyard bird feeder. Learn more about this bird at BirdNote, a daily two-minute program on-line and on public radio. BirdNote seeks to transport people out of the grind … Continue reading
Yesler Swamp Trail
Originally posted on Franz Amador's Photoblog:
Back to the Yesler Swamp (part of the University of Washington’s Union Bay Natural Area, on the shore of Lake Washington). As I’ve mentioned before, this area is flooded in a foot or…
Oriental Gardens in Meadowbrook
A massive earthquake struck the city of San Francisco in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906. But worse than the damage caused by the earthquake itself were the fires which raged through the city for three days afterward. … Continue reading
Avian Friday: Owl at Discovery Park
Originally posted on Short & Tweet Bird Reports:
This week’s photo, taken January 24, 2013 in Discovery Park in Seattle, WA, features a GREAT HORNED OWL, lounging on a limb after working the night shift. Today, Thursday, I spend a…
From Wedgwood to Meadowbrook
In the 1920s and 1930s the (future) Wedgwood area lacked a strong name association in part because it lacked a school to give the neighborhood an identity. But just to the north, on NE 100th Street at the corner of … Continue reading
Avian Friday: Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Originally posted on Short & Tweet Bird Reports:
This week’s photo, taken January 15, 2013 at Meadowbrook Pond in Seattle, WA, features a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET flashing a slice of its bright red crown at the photographer. You don’t have to…
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Tagged birds in northeast Seattle, Meadowbrook neighborhood
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From Yesler to Wedgwood
The intersection of NE 85th Street on 35th Avenue NE is the heart of the Wedgwood neighborhood and is its main commercial center. Today it is difficult to imagine that any corner of this intersection would be vacant, and yet … Continue reading
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