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Beyond Bird-Safe Seattle Week

Beyond Bird-Safe Seattle Week

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...
The next chapter of the Puget Sound Seabird Survey

The next chapter of the Puget Sound Seabird Survey

The Puget Sound Seabird Survey (PSSS) is a community science program that trains volunteer birdwatchers to gather valuable data on wintering seabird populations in Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the waters surrounding the San Juan Islands. Together,...
Collateral Damage: What We Can Do to Save Our Wild Neighbors

Collateral Damage: What We Can Do to Save Our Wild Neighbors

An owlet’s first year in 2019. Sadly, this is the Barred Owl that died from secondary poisoning this past March. Image by Kersti Muul Article by Sharon Wada Humans have a great capacity for solving problems. But our inventiveness and persistence in addressing an issue...
Bird-Safe Seattle Week

Bird-Safe Seattle Week

Black-capped Chickadee | Mick Thompson | Eastside Audubon Birds are culturally, ecologically, and economically important to Seattle. That’s not just our opinion. It’s in the mayoral proclamation that sets October 2-8, 2022, as “Bird-Safe Seattle Week.”   We’re excited...
Bird Collision Monitors: The Volunteer Perspective

Bird Collision Monitors: The Volunteer Perspective

Written by Kasper Cergol, with contributions from Anne Freudenthal. The Seattle Bird Collision Monitors (SBCM), is a community science initiative that began with a pilot season in the fall of 2021. Continuing this spring, 27 volunteers dedicated a few hours each week...
Queering Conservation

Queering Conservation

Ring-billed Gulls sometimes form female-female pairs during breeding season / ethan.gosnell2 via Wikimedia Commons Watch the discussion with Dr. Sandilands and Jasmine Maisonet! There is nothing is more queer than nature. “Queerness” is widespread among...