10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Nisqually Wildlife Refuge. This wonderful piece of birding real estate can be found 8 miles east of Olympia, and an hour’s drive south of Seattle Washington, right along the I-5 corridor. I did manage to spend a chilly Saturday morning at the Billy Frank Jr.

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Wildlife Seattle Bald Eagle Geese 107

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The end of this rather long road trip finds us here in Puyallup, Washington which is just south of Seattle. We pulled into the RV park next to the Washington State Fairgrounds on Saturday afternoon, and it promptly started snowing!

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Here's the whole story from the Washington Post National. Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot. The one found in West Seattle was a California sea lion, protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

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Sea Lions Lions Wounded Washington 100

Critter News

JANUARY 15, 2010

So, it's not just rednecks in Washington State who are doing this. From the Seattle P-I: A Japanese psychiatrist with a home in Seattle is facing poaching and gun-possession charges following allegations that he poached several black bears and tried to smuggle gallbladders back to Japan.

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Trafficking Seattle Bears Washington 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2018

We arrived in Seattle 6 days ago, at 12:30 in the morning, after being on the road, in one form or another since February 1st. We were able to find a very nice RV park, just a couple of miles from one of my all time favourite birding hotspots, Billy Frank Jr, Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Back in the US of A!

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New Zealand Seattle Qatar South Africa 118

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Kevin Ebi is a professional nature photographer whose work has appeared in a variety of magazines and books, including National Wildlife , Smithsonian , Outdoor Photographer , and Lonely Planet and Moon travel guides. His other books told the story of the cycle of water and chronicled life of waterfowl in the Seattle Arboretum.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 193