Cliff Swallow | Ryan Leimbach | Audubon Photography Awards This article is based on our report Fewer and Fewer, which pulls from findings of the Neighborhood Bird Project. A common spring migrant to the Seattle area, cliff swallows are the epitome of...
Author, Christopher Brown Our summer 2026 Conservation Reading Group selection takes us to Austin, Texas, where author Christopher Brown uncovers the hidden beauty and resilience of overlooked landscapes. In A Natural History of Empty Lots, we follow Brown in the...
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Ray Jennings | Pixabay This article is based on our report Fewer and Fewer, which pulls from findings of the Neighborhood Bird Project. Sometimes called the “upside-down bird,” the Red-breasted Nuthatch is a charismatic little songbird,...
Brant / Matthew Leaman / Audubon Photography Awards In 1994, a small group of volunteers with Seattle Audubon (now Birds Connect Seattle) began conducting standardized bird surveys in Seattle-area green spaces. Their “Neighborhood Bird Project” (NBP) has...
Killdeer | Paul Kusmin | Audubon Photography Awards This article is based on our report Fewer and Fewer, which pulls from findings of the Neighborhood Bird Project. Though technically a shorebird, Killdeer frequent heavily human-modified areas, such as lawns, gravel...
Savannah Sparrow | Susan Holtz | Audubon Photography Awards This article is based on our report Fewer and Fewer, which pulls from findings of the Neighborhood Bird Project. Early each summer morning, a Savannah Sparrow rises from a meadow and sings. Its song is...
