Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River. The animal protection group Seal Sitters says a necropsy showed that the sea lion had suffered a shark bite and had twisted intestines in addition to a bullet wound. On Monday, a sea lion was found dead on West Seattle’s Lincoln Park beach.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. To show how adaptive this species is, the following photograph was sent to me by one of my readers and I use it with her permission.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
To make things even more confusing, Trinity Brewing Company is located in Colorado Springs, where none of the thrushes are black, but one of the resident blackbird species – which are all New World icterids – is named for a Brewer. Still with me? Brewer’s Blackbird is a more beery icterid than most, but it’s no merle.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2014
Wounded birds were left to crawl away into the woods; sometimes, during breaks, children were encouraged to run across the field, scoop them up, and tear their heads off. What I want to know is: a hundred feet away, how can these people tell the difference between a crow and a raven, which is a protected species?”
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Four moments (and species) stand out in my own personal birding renaissance: I put an improvised birdbath in my yard to see if I can get the House Sparrows to stop munching on my lettuce plants, and a stunning Black-vented Oriole arrives to bathe. I realize I’m not in Kansas (well, California) anymore. I have birding buddies!
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