Category Archives: Nature and wildlife
How Birds Survive the Cold: Feathers + Food = Warmth
This article by Charles Eldermire in All About Birds tells of the strategies used by birds to cope with cold weather. For the winter season we might well follow the example of the birds: Get some friends to hang out … Continue reading
Seattle Stream Names
The City of Seattle has at least fifty streams flowing across its ridges, through meadows and wetlands into bodies of water including Puget Sound and Lake Washington. There is no one source for a list of Seattle streams and their … Continue reading
Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City
Seattle author David B. Williams is well-known for his geology walks and talks. In recent years he has been doing research into Seattle history and how the city has interacted with and altered its natural environment, and he wrote the … Continue reading
Celebrate Yesler Swamp
The wonderful Yesler Swamp Trail with amenities such as a boardwalk and benches, celebrated its completion on October 16, 2016.
Looking, Listening, Birding
Northeast Seattle has wonderful natural areas where you may see birds and other wildlife, including Magnuson Park on Lake Washington, Meadowbrook Pond at NE 107th Street on the east side of 35th Ave NE, and the Union Bay Natural Area. … Continue reading
Wedgwood’s Wildlife
Throughout northeast Seattle there are many ravines, big and small, with creeks running eastward down to their outlets at Lake Washington. As can be seen throughout the city, there are possum, raccoon and coyotes living in Wedgwood’s ravines. It … Continue reading
Herons in Seattle
What does a teenage Great Blue Heron look like?
There’s a Bird in My Yard, What Kind of Bird Is It?
There’s a bird in my yard! How can I find out what kind of bird it is?
Completing the Trail at the Yesler Swamp
The name of Henry Yesler is associated with Seattle’s earliest years. Yesler set up a sawmill in 1853 at the site of today’s Pioneer Square and the mill became the economic engine which gave the small community a reason to … Continue reading
