Northwest Nature Notes

I have been following the Pied-billed Grebes at Magnuson Park in Seattle for about two months now, and they never fail to be i...

North America has the distinction of being the only continent on which a group of birds has evolved the ability to tap into th...

Just as happened with their cousins the Brown Pelicans, American White Pelican populations fluctuated greatly during the 20 th...

Some people, seeing their first Varied Thrush ( Ixoreus naevius ), wonder if they are having vision problems. This psychedelical...

A question that is often asked is why birds flock. And why do some of them form mixed flocks? It is certain that birds flock for evolutiona...

The Black Swift ( Cypseloides niger ) is one of the more poorly known North American birds. Seen by most people in flight high overhead, it...