by seattleaudubonsociety | Oct 31, 2022 | Blog, Conservation, Science
QPOC Hikers met at Union Bay Natural Area for a Bird-Safe Seattle Week event / Wendy Walker The City of Seattle declared October 2-8, 2022, Bird-Safe Seattle Week. All week long, people who care about wild birds gathered in person and online to celebrate our feathered...
by Josh Morris | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog, Conservation, Science
Hermit Thrush / Anne Freudenthal / Seattle Bird Collision Monitors “What did you not like about participating as a collision monitor?” I posed this question to the first cohort of Seattle Bird Collision Monitors at the end of the project’s pilot...
by Josh Morris | May 7, 2021 | Blog, Conservation
Rufous Hummingbird / Mick Thompson / Eastside Audubon May 8, 2021 is World Migratory Bird Day in the Americas. As someone whose movements more closely approximate those of a barnacle than a barn swallow, I am mystified by migratory birds. How do such small,...
by Josh Morris | Mar 29, 2021 | Blog, Conservation, Science
Varied Thrush / Mick Thompson / Eastside Audubon The ominous thud of a bird striking glass is a terrible yet familiar sound to many of us. It is always sad to find dead birds, but now we can help them leave a legacy by reporting collisions through dBird. dBird is an...
