10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Now that we have returned to our adopted home of La Paz, Mexico, our bones are starting to thaw out from the trip to chilly Seattle. Last Saturday, I was walking around the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, on a cloudy, gray 28F morning. This Ladder-backed Woodpecker was chipping away, right above my head.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Alex Washoe is a freelance writer and bookseller in Seattle, WA. who can be found regularly at the bird and wildlife blog Birdland West. Today, he talks about a crazy woodpecker… A couple of years ago there was a big controversy on NPR about woodpeckers. Last time, Alex asked us to Consider the Chickadee.
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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. This refuge came up as #4 on a recent list of the top 25 National Wildlife Refuges that were featured in a great story here by 10000 Birds own Jason Crotty. Poor things looked like they were freezing to death.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
We will cover nearly 3000 miles driving before we reach Seattle, and our final stop. We had already planned on at least one night in Eugene, and spending a day at Fern Ridge Wildlife Area. This all netted me three new birds for the list, the Varied Thrush , some Wild Turkeys, and my BBOTW, a Pileated Woodpecker. Nisqually NWR.,
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Seattle–Terminal 91. Chuck-will’s-widow – Antrostomus carolinensis.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. White-backed Woodpecker – Dendrocopos leucotos. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker – Celeus castaneus. Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Blond-crested Woodpecker – Celeus flavescens.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2018
Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Seattle–Terminal 91. Chuck-will’s-widow – Antrostomus carolinensis.
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