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I’m A Seattle-Bound Birder

10,000 Birds

What can I, as a birder who has birded the northeastern United States and southern California rather extensively, hope to add to my life list? Daisy is excited because she loves travel and visiting new places. I am excited to see new birds and that is what this blog post will be about, of course!

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The Plume Hunter

10,000 Birds

Interesting to learn, for example, that in 1885 more than five million birds were killed in the United States for the millinery industry, and that in 1904 market hunters in Oregon killed over 120 tons of waterfowl for the restaurant trade in San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

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Crazy Flickers

10,000 Birds

Alex Washoe is a freelance writer and bookseller in Seattle, WA. They are pretty much year round residents throughout the continental United States. The result is the same though — loose Flicker and plenty of fun hunting him down. who can be found regularly at the bird and wildlife blog Birdland West.