Anna’s Hummingbird cup-shaped nest. Photo by Duke Coonrad, Audubon Photography Awards by Dan McDougall-Treacy If we’re awake in the hour or two before dawn these days we likely hear the “cheerily cheerily cheery-up” of the American Robin, singing his heart out. His...
Birds Connect Seattle Nature Shop staff look through the book selection in the library. Visit the Online Library Catalog by Mike Seamans and Shirli Axelrod A birders’ library, home to more than 1,500 books about birds, is located in the basement of the Birds Connect...
Painting by John James Audubon (Public Domain). In a move to continue its path toward a more inclusive and antiracist future, Seattle’s became the first large chapter in the National Audubon Society network to publicly declare its intention to remove “Audubon” from...
Short-Eared Owl near Bow, Washington (photo by Glenn Nelson) Conflicts over Short-Eared Owls, other birds, and access to habitat in Bow, Washington, prompted the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to update access rules to the Samish River Unit of the...
Hanstead Creek parcel (photo by Claire Catania) Seattle Audubon and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe recently closed on a land donation in the Snoqualmie Valley area, returning land to the Snoqualmie Tribe whose people have lived in the area since time immemorial. The land,...
