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The Great Backyard Bird Count 2015
You can learn more about birds and help scientific efforts at the same time by participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count of 2015. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages … Continue reading
The Sea Hawk
Originally posted on Sirfishalot's Blog:
Well here we are at another years end and I hope you all had a great Christmas. I didn’t get out for bird photography nearly enough this year, but I still have a bunch…
Posted in Nature and wildlife
Tagged birds, fans are called the 12s, Seahawks football team, Seattle
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Autumn’s Untidy Beauty
Author Christy Peterson has provided us with a good excuse NOT to rake up all the leaves in the yard! Skip the tidying, Christy advises. Left where they fall, leaves and dying vegetation provide habitat for birds. In rethinking fall … Continue reading
Bird Migration Routes
An article from the All About Birds Blog of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology explains how birds migrate seasonally, following the “green wave” of plant resources. The bird migration patterns show the importance of conservation efforts such as building the … Continue reading
The Great Backyard Bird Count 2014
The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of bird populations. Participants are asked to count birds for as little as fifteen minutes (or as … Continue reading
Chipping Away
Originally posted on Short & Tweet Bird Reports:
This week’s photo, taken June 1, 2013 at the Union Bay Natural Area (Montlake Fill) in Seattle, WA, features a CHIPPING SPARROW. On the first day of June of this year, I…
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…
Seattle Falcon Flies to Portland
Originally posted on montlaker:
Image: ©Port of Portland, via WSDOT Flickr stream The peregrine falcons born on the I-5 Ship Canal Bridge continue to make news. This time, falcon chick 73-U, born in May of this year, was caught near…
Union Bay Watch: Bald eagles are back + nest news
Originally posted on montlaker:
Belted Kingfisher. All images: unionbaywatch.blogspot.com The 520 bald eagles are back in the Broadmoor tree after taking a little vacation time elsewhere. They were spotted yesterday doing home repair, adding 2-3 foot long branches to the…
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Tagged birds, eagles, Nature in northeast Seattle, the 520 bridge
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