Category: Birding
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Raptor Research Field Trip
Last winter when we volunteered with the Puget Sound Bird Observatory, we asked if there was anyone who did raptor banding, because Annika was so interested in birds of prey. We got connected with a local researcher, but weren’t able to go out with him last winter. We tried again this winter, and yesterday Ben…
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This One’s For the Birds
I think I’ve written before about Bird Sleuth, a website dedicated to helping teachers of the K-12 crowd teach about birds and related subjects. They recently updated their website, http://www.birdsleuth.org. Here you can learn about using bird watching to educate youngsters. Check out the kits you can purchase for leading groups of children and homeschoolers…
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Juanita Bay Bird Watching
Gabriel got to go spend the day with Daddy at work today, learning about what Daddy does and seeing his new office. Annika and I were on our own, which rarely happens. What to do? With some sunbreaks in the forecast, we decided it would be fun to go for a short birding expedition. I…
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Stalking Snowy Owls
OK, well, maybe we didn’t really need to do any stalking, but we had a neat trip last weekend to go see some visiting snowy owls. Some of you might remember last year when we had a record number of snowy owls visiting the lower 48. Last year was an irruption year, when conditions are…