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WHIDBEY BIRDING | Reeling in Whidbey’s loons
I recently caught my first salmon of the year. It was a beautiful 6-7 pound silver, which I…
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From soaring to fluttering, flight helps ID birds | WHIDBEY BIRDING
While having coffee with a friend recently, she suggested, “Why don’t you write about bird flight. I’d like…
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Guillemot surveys are important reminders | WHIDBEY BIRDING
Summer time and the living is easy, well at least for us humans. It’s the most demanding month…
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‘WISE MEN’ OF THE SKIES on the rise | WHIDBEY BIRDING
I’m getting reports of Nature Channel quality sightings of great blue herons at Greenbank farm. The farm’s executive…
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California quail: facing a purrrfect threat | WHIDBEY BIRDING
Each morning I look out the window and search for “our” California quails. Usually, two pairs strut out…
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Wild about woodpeckers | WHIDBEY BIRDING
A sharp pounding on the metal downspout outside my window practically rattles my teeth. It’s a northern flicker…
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Brighten your day with a little luck | WHIDBEY BIRDING
In my last column I tossed out the invitation for readers to nominate favorite “good luck” birds. I…
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Vermilion flycatcher captures our hearts, imaginations | WHIDBEY BIRDING
My husband and I recently returned from a month of birding in and around the city of Oaxaca,…
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The red-tailed hawk elegant, noble & mysterious | WHIDBEY BIRDING
January’s a good time to watch for that other winter raptor, the one that is smaller and browner…
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True love? Then leave the partridge in the tree | WHIDBEY BIRDING
“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree.”
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More in the mist than meets the eye | WHIDBEY BIRDING
Thick fog, like we’ve recently experienced, puts a real damper on birding. The birds hunker down and avoid…
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Look who’s visiting Whidbey’s trees: Great Horned Owls | WHIDBEY BIRDING
Note to readers: With this column I begin a collaboration with one of Whidbey Island’s best bird photographers,…
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Who claims biggest bird title on Whidbey? | WHIDBEY BIRDING
Recently a five-year-old friend asked me, “What’s the biggest bird?” and I was reminded of our fascination with…