Honor Snoqualmie Request

Honor Snoqualmie Request

The scene in front of the culturally modified tree in the Wedgwood neighborhood of Seattle (photo by Glenn Nelson) The following was sent on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, via email to bruce.harrell@seattle.gov: Dear Mayor Harrell:  Birds Connect Seattle is an environmental...
Hummingbirds and Window Collisions

Hummingbirds and Window Collisions

Anna’s Humminbird (Kathryn Harlan-Gran/Audubon Photography Awards) Rufous Hummingbirds make astounding migratory journeys. Each year, over the course of about six weeks, these birds migrate from southern Mexico to southeast Alaska—averaging more than 70 miles...
Protecting the Birds of Kenmore Marsh

Protecting the Birds of Kenmore Marsh

Great Blue Herons with Nesting Material, Photo by Sharon Wada by Sharon Wada Over the decades, conservation-minded citizens such as the McIlraith family have donated properties to our organization. In 1989, they gave us a six-acre tract in the Swamp Creek wetlands of...
Join Our Science Committee

Join Our Science Committee

A raft of American Coots | Linda Dyer Kennedy | Audubon Photography Awards Do you love birds and science? We do, too. Let’s work together. We invite you to consider joining our Science Committee. You’ll serve alongside an inspiring group of others who to...
Intro to Urban Birds

Intro to Urban Birds

Glaucous-Winged Gull (drawing by Emilio Gonzalez) by Sydney Rometsch Our new name, Birds Connect Seattle, represents the ways that birds connect all of us. Birds connect us to our families, they connect our communities by bringing diverse groups together, and they...