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Help count birds during Audubon event Dec. 26
Anticipation is on the wing.
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Chilling out fun in the winter
Winter’s no reason for putting your hiking boots away. It’s just another time for a walk in the…
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Comments sought on protections for sea turtles
Not many people have seen a green, a loggerhead or a leatherback sea turtle on the Washington Coast.…
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Ski flick ‘Here, There & Everywhere’ in Everett this weekend
Warren Miller started filming surfers with an 8 mm camera before he switched to skiers almost seven decades…
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Make park permits part of your preparations for snow
November might be called Snow Preparation Month, time for sprucing up skiing, snowboarding and snowshoe gear (and seeing…
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Jobs, bats, turbines, peanut butter and stupidity
It’s never too early to think about a seasonal job in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
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Watch out for birds FWI — Flying While Intoxicated
I stepped out of the house on a sunny morning last week and was greeted by a chorus…
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Learn about the avian world at Burke Museum’s bird event
Seattle Seahawks fans, here’s your chance to meet Taima the Hawk, the official Seahawk of the team.
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Books can kindle children’s interest in the natural world
In another lifetime, I taught science to seventh-grade students in Baltimore, too many of whom had reading levels…
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Older cranes teach new routes to young birds, researchers find
Yes, older can be wiser, at least among whooping cranes.
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Birders will be flocking to festival in Edmonds on Sept. 9-11
The hardest thing about attending the 12th Puget Sound Bird Fest in Edmonds Sept. 9 through 11 will…
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Belted kingfishers are odd and energetic birds
Next to an eagle’s call or a great blue heron’s grouchy squawking, it’s a kingfisher’s loud Morse-code-quick rattling…
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Where have all the backyard birds gone?
Calls and emails about birds often center on declining visits from certain backyard species.
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Roche Harbor Resort Trails rich in sights, history
Visitors brave the ferry system in the San Juans for many reasons: family, orcas, camping, climbing Mount Constitution,…
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Hikers may encounter delays or closures on popular trails
Thinking of taking the Pacific Crest Trail or a Glacier Peak climbing route? You’ll be affected by the…
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Taped call lets birder ‘spot’ Virginia rail by ear
Trying to spot a Virginia rail in the open expanses of a Spencer Island marsh is not exactly…