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Read more about how Birds Connect Seattle is active in our local community and our region to protect birds and habitat and share their joy with people of all ages.
Bird Collision Hot Spot Takes Steps to Find Solution
The recent expansion of the Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) in Volunteer Park has introduced a stunning new architectural feature: expansive glass windows that flood the gallery with natural light and create a harmonious blend with the surrounding greenery. However, this beautiful design has inadvertently led to a troubling issue—an increase in bird collisions and mortality.
Bird-Safe Seattle Week 2024 Recap
Advocating for local bird-safe building policy was the focus of the 2024 Bird-safe Seattle Week. Because of the efforts of our many volunteers and supporters exciting momentum is building.
Catios and Conservation: Protecting Birds in Urban Environments
As our urban centers grow, so do our neighborhoods, leading to increased pressure on bird populations. The number one cause of bird mortality in the U.S. might surprise you—cats.
Catios can offer a safe and enriching solution for cats and birds.
Knock, Knock. Who’s There?
Have you ever come across a tree and seen a distinctly woodpecker” looking hole, and wondered, what made that? Take the woodpecker hole quiz and learn more about the species and their drilling styles that frequent our urban tree canopy.
30,000 Dead Birds and Counting
After seven seasons of monitoring buildings for bird-window collisions, Birds Connect Seattle has arrived at an early conservative estimate of local bird mortality.
Young Birders at Wenas
Young Birders birding together at the annual Wenas Audubon CampOut.
Who Speaks For the Trees?
Tree Equity Network, co-founded by Birds Connect Seattle with Seattle Parks Foundation, is bringing together stakeholders to identify our collective strengths and resources to help Seattle meet its goal of 30% equitable tree canopy coverage by 2037.
Birding Across Washington State’s Ecoregions
Bird University showcases the vital relationship between birds and their habitats in both Eastern and Western Washington.
Community Speaker Series: Growing, Centering, and Connecting to Environmental Justice
Community and social connection seem to be something we both crave and need. With the recent return of our newly named Community Speaker Series, we have chosen to
focus these presentations on the themes of Grow, Center, and Connect. In doing so, we believe we can foster a more inclusive and impactful conservation movement that more clearly illustrates the interconnectedness of avian
conservation and environmental justice and will shape the future of urban conservation.
A Win for Lincoln Park
Seattle Parks and Recreation announced that they will not add pickleball courts directly adjacent to high quality bird habitat at Lincoln Park. This is a direct result of advocacy from thousands of people in the Birds Connect Seattle community and beyond standing up for the needs of birds and nature.