Mewsings from Millie – November 2024
(Reprinted with permission from the Burien Wild Birds Unlimited store.) People are Continue Reading →
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Mewsings from Millie – October 2024
Some people think it’s kind of quirky for a cat to live in a store for the birds. Well, how about a tiny seabird that nests in old growth forest 40 to 50 miles inland? Now THAT’s quirky! Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – September 2024
FIRE! No one likes to hear that! We all know that a forest fire can be devastating to both humans and wildlife alike. Surprisingly, however, wildfires can be beneficial as well. Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – May 2024
Did you know that an American Robin can eat twenty-eight six-inch long earthworms a day? That’s fourteen feet worth of worms! They change their feeding habits depending on the time of day, eating more earthworms early in the day when they are easier to find and switching to fruit later in the day. Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – April 2024
(Reprinted with permission from Burien Wild Birds Unlimited) From what people are Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – March 2024
Did you know that the year 2018 was declared the Year of the Bird? 2018 marked the 100 th anniversary
of the enactment of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. National Geographic, National Audubon Society,
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdLife International and more than 100organizations joined forces around
the world to share stories and science examining how the changing environment was impacting the lives
of birds. Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – February 2024
You’ve heard of empty-nesters, how about early-nesters? My people have had a live bird cam on showing a Great-horned Owl sitting on two eggs in a nest in Savannah, Georgia. It got me wondering if birds in our part of the world nest early. It turns out some do. The Great-horned Owls that live here nest early as well as the Western Screech-Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, Wood Duck, American Kestrel, and the Anna’s Hummingbird. Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie – January, 2024
The time is upon us when everyone is thinking about new beginnings. Continue Reading →
Mewsings from Millie
Note: Millie, no longer with us, was the big, beautiful cat who lived at the Wild Birds Unlimited store in Burien for nearly fifteen years. Very observant and intelligent, Millie wrote a monthly column to share with us what she saw and overheard while supposedly sleeping. [Reprinted from November 2017]Note: Millie, no longer with us, was the big, beautiful cat who lived at the Wild Birds Unlimited store in Burien for nearly fifteen years. Very observant and intelligent, Millie wrote a monthly column to share with us what she saw and overheard while supposedly sleeping. [Reprinted from November 2017] Continue Reading →