By Sharon Wada Fill Quick Note: This blog calls a gull a seagull… do we care? Not at all! So enjoy this wonderful piece and later explore Seagull or Gull: Who really cares? Early morning is my favorite time of day to go for a walk with my camera. I...
Luke Franke/ Audubon Are There Policies to Protect Birds? Policy, regulations, legislation, standards, guidelines, and ordinances. However categorized, rules in place to protect birds from urban hazards are beneficial to both birds and the people they share their...
by Sharon Wada Sharon Wada recently joined the Seattle Audubon Board of Directors. An accomplished photographer, Sharon documented behavior by Anna’s Hummingbirds* in her yard that led to questions. With the help of a local hummingbird expert, University of...
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...
In August 2021, journalist Adilia Watson traveled from Seattle to Greensboro, Alabama to attend the inaugural Black Belt Birding Festival. The festival is part of Alabama Audubon’s Black Belt Birding Initiative that works to bring the economic and environmental...
by Elizabeth Cameron Working with the Seattle Bird Collision Monitors, I spend part of my Thursdays looking for injured or dead birds around building perimeters. This may sound morbid, but the data we’re gathering is helping conservationists understand and...
