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BIRD WATCH: How a bird knows who it is
HOW DOES A bird know it is a particular species? The quick and easy answer is “instinct.”
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BIRD WATCH: Seems there’s a surprise around feeder almost every day
A SCUFFLE BETWEEN two birds called my attention to the ground under the feeder.
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BIRD WATCH: When hummingbirds see red, it can create special bird moments
YOU CAN’T HAVE too much red color in your garden.
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BIRD WATCH: Here’s the scoop on feeder activity
THIS IS THE month when black-headed grosbeaks and Western tanagers add their neotropical color to neighborhoods throughout the…
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BIRD WATCH: Look to the skies for May’s migrants
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS IN Port Angeles, Western tanagers in Forks, black-headed grosbeaks in Port Orchard and uncommon sightings of…
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BIRD WATCH: Surprising sights in the middle of the ‘big city’
CITIES, ESPECIALLY LARGE cities, aren’t my preferred habitat.
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BIRD WATCH: In ‘Lost Battalion,’ hopes that a hero gets a proper salute
“CHER AMI AND the Lost Battalion” sounds like the title of a French movie.
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BIRD WATCH: What’s in a name? Quite a lot, actually
A FRIEND SENT me a newspaper clipping recently. It was from a newspaper in Alabama and carried an…
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BIRD WATCH: Birds’ simple songs signal season’s start
WHAT DO ROBINS, meadowlarks, orange-crowned warblers and Swainson’s thrushes have in common?
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BIRD WATCH: Spring winds provide easy power for migrant travelers overhead
MARCH WASN’T EXACTLY lamb-like when it was leaving, and I’m hoping April will forget about bringing showers.
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BIRD WATCH: Owls in toilets no laughing matter
HIKING AND TENT camping are not very tempting right now.
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BIRD WATCH: Attacking male birds? Search for shiny objects
WELL, IT’S BEGUN. Despite all the rain and cold weather, the robins have determined that it is spring…
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BIRD WATCH: Newsletters give the skinny on whooping, sand cranes
A SHORT WHILE ago, one of my favorite newsletters arrived in the mail.
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BIRD WATCH: Swallows wing their way to Peninsula too early
THE SWALLOWS ARE supposed to return in March and April.
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BIRD WATCH: Tempers erupt among yard’s bushtits
DAYS ARE GETTING longer and temperatures are rising just a little.
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BIRD WATCH: ‘Flicka-flicka-flicka’ heralds flicker’s house-hunting, mating
ONE OF THE most attractive and fascinating birds to visit our feeders is the Northern flicker.
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BIRD WATCH: ‘Last chance’ for eagle viewing coincides with month of Valentine’s
VALENTINES AND EAGLES are a strange combination, but in February, thoughts of both are in many minds.
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BIRD WATCH: Anna’s make their nest in winter
THE EAR-SPLITTING WHISTLE announced that spring courtship has begun — at least among the hummingbirds.
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BIRD WATCH: ‘Wisdom’ lives on in albatross colony
A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING from Huntsville, Ala., contained some unexpected surprises.