Barn Swallow | Pauliina Saarinen | Audubon Photography Awards by Joshua Morris, Conservation Director Swallows, swifts, flycatchers, and nightjars are aerial insectivores—birds that hunt insects on the wing. These birds have been identified as species of concern due...
Anna’s Hummingbird | Kevin Rees | Audubon Photography Awards If you’ve ever watched a chickadee dart in for a sunflower seed or a hummingbird hover at your feeder, you’ve experienced one of the simplest joys of connecting with nature. Feeding birds is one of...
CBC | Toby Ross by Hanae Bettencourt, Community Engagement Manager Last year, we embarked on an exciting journey to make the annual Christmas Bird Count, or CBC, more accessible to all birders in our community. With the support from National Audubon and a team of...
Birders at Magnuson Park | Sarah Hankins | Birds Connect Seattle by Joshua Morris, Conservation Director Multiple recent assessments, including The State of the Birds 2025, have documented troubling declines in North American bird populations. But how are birds faring...
Ser Anderson shows volunteer how to look at windows to find signs of a bird-window collision. by Ser Anderson, Urban Conservation Educator My name is Ser (they/them) and I’m an AmeriCorps member serving as the Urban Conservation Educator with Birds Connect Seattle....
Volunteers participating in the Seattle Christmas Bird Count | Photo by Doug Plummer by Hanae Bettencourt, Community Engagement Manager Early this year, a message dropped into my inbox with the subject line, “Opportunity to make Christmas Bird Counts more...
