Northwest Nature Notes

For a unique and intimate experience with waterfowl and other birds, visit George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary west of Ladner, ...

You’ve doubtless seen the pigeons feeding in the city square or along the freeways roosting on light ...

The winter of 2012-2013 has seen record number of Pine Siskins ( Spinus pinus ) in the Pacific Northwest. Numbers in the thousan...

In North America, more people feed birds than ever before. The number of bird feeders is surely in the millions all across the continent....

People often ask me whether feeding birds is good or bad. Perhaps it’s both. I feed birds because I love to have them in my yard, not becaus...