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Sunday, June 28, 2009
The White-headed Woodpecker is widely scattered and nowhere common in the Pacific Northwest. Like other woodpeckers, the it dig..
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Friday, June 26, 2009
The songs of the Bewick’s Wren and the Song Sparrow can be confusing. Although they sound similar overall, the song of thisÂ..
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Friday, June 26, 2009
More than 20 years ago, Professor Ed Rubel of the University of Washington discovered that chickens could repair their own damag..
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The United States is home to more than 550 National Wildlife Refuges – havens for wildlife, including this Canvasback. The De..
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Monday, June 22, 2009
By June, many young Peregrine Falcons are ready to leave the safety of the aerie and go off on their own. A young bird lifts ..
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
California Quail build their nests right on the ground. A nest can hold from one to 24 eggs. Immediately after hatching, the pr..
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
A pigeon pacing up and down anxiously in Central Park sees his friend hop up on the curb. "Where have you been? I've been waitin..
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
A Bald Eagle that was feeding on the ground suddenly rises up. With two powerful strokes, its massive wings carry it high into..
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Virginia Rail is a secretive bird, a relative of coots and cranes. And it's a bird you’ll more often hear than spy. T..
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Washington Irving called the Bobolink “the happiest bird of our spring…he rises and sinks with the breeze, pours forth a s..
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar denizen of cattail marshes throughout Washington. In marshes east of the Cascades, Red-w..
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Friday, June 12, 2009
When they first leave the nest, young birds are especially vulnerable to cats. For some birds, it takes a few days before they c..
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Just because a young bird appears to be alone—whether on the ground or squawking loudly from a bush or tree—doesn’t nece..
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Monday, June 8, 2009
The White-crowned Sparrow pours out its song over and over on spring and summer days—and even on moonlit nights—often up t..
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
2005 was the year that Purple Martins returned to the San Juan Islands of Washington State. That year, martins bred at Roche ..
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