Hummingbirds: Masters of the Air

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With their ability to hover in place, fly upside-down or backwards, and cross seas without stopping, hummingbirds seem immune to the ordinary laws of physics.

Do Crows Have Language?

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Humans are fascinated by crows because they share many of our characteristics. They’re smart, social, and make a variety of vocalizations. However, do they have a language like humans? In this talk, we’ll explore some past work on crow vocal communication, language in general, and recent Corvid research conducted with undergraduates at the University of Washington Bothell.

Birding Close To Home

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In this presentation, I’ll share some of the birds I’ve seen and images I’ve made in western Washington since picking up my first digital camera 20 years ago.

“The Bosque” – Late Fall Beauty

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Nestled next to the Rio Grande River in Central New Mexico sits a series of marshes and low- lying fields known as the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge.

Conversations with Secretive Birds and what We’ve Learned

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After listening to wildlife professionals at a Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture meeting (https://pacificbirds.org/) in 2016 discuss how little was known about the status of secretive birds that inhabit local area wetlands, Puget Sound Bird Observatory (PSBO) initiated a wetland bird monitoring project.