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Flickr Roundup For Week Of 2/26/2010
February 26, 2010 – 10:10 pm | View Comments
Flickr Roundup For Week Of 2/26/2010

Are you head over heels for this week’s Flickr Roundup? I am!

Pileated Woodpecker Calls While Excavating Nest
February 25, 2010 – 7:08 pm | View Comments
Pileated Woodpecker Calls While Excavating Nest

Kootenay Nature Photos uploaded a short but fantastic video of a male Pileated Woodpecker calling while excavating his nest.

Kill Protected Birds Expect Fines And Jail Time
February 24, 2010 – 9:04 pm | View Comments
Kill Protected Birds Expect Fines And Jail Time

Last June Charles Belgard, 21 years old, drove a Jeep about 70 mph through 10 flocks of seabirds on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington. This week he was delivered his sentence.

Snow Geese In Flight
February 23, 2010 – 7:24 pm | View Comments
Snow Geese In Flight

The Snow Geese were so close I could feel the wind from their wings as they flew over!

Traffic Camera Bird Feeder
February 22, 2010 – 8:30 pm | View Comments
Traffic Camera Bird Feeder

Retired police officer Bill Angus made a bird feeder/house that looks suspiciously like a traffic camera. Not only does it feed the birds, but it gets people to slow down and observe the speed limit!

Snow Geese Flyover
February 21, 2010 – 10:59 pm | View Comments
Snow Geese Flyover

While visiting the Port Susan Snow Goose and Birding Festival in Washington, we discovered where the Snow Geese were hanging out.

Arctic Cliffhangers
February 20, 2010 – 3:44 pm | View Comments
Arctic Cliffhangers

The documentary Arctic Cliffhangers recently won Best Wildlife Film at the 2010 San Francisco Ocean Film Festival. Biologist and filmmaker Steve Smith explores the relationship between seabirds, humans and a changing Arctic climate.

Flickr Roundup For Week of 2/19/2010
February 19, 2010 – 10:08 pm | View Comments
Flickr Roundup For Week of 2/19/2010

In this week’s Flickr Roundup you’ll find Dirty Birds, Punks, Death Angels, Protective Moms, Mad Bluebirds and more!

House Finch Versus Purple Finch
February 19, 2010 – 1:08 am | View Comments
House Finch Versus Purple Finch

This week Flickr user mattlev12 posted a fantastic image to the Burdr Flick group of a male House Finch and Purple Finch side by side.

Ever Wonder What It’s Like Inside A Birdhouse?
February 18, 2010 – 3:03 am | View Comments
Ever Wonder What It’s Like Inside A Birdhouse?

I know this commercial is a bit old, but whenever I come across it I end up watching the whole thing all over again!

Birding Permit
February 17, 2010 – 9:11 pm | View Comments
Birding Permit

Today I purchased my Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Recreational Use Permit so I can go birding this coming weekend.

Orphaned Bald Eagle Chick Finds New Home
February 17, 2010 – 3:01 am | View Comments
Orphaned Bald Eagle Chick Finds New Home

Hoover, a sixteen day old orphaned Bald Eagle chick, finds a new home!

Cirl Bunting and Wildlife Friendly Farming
February 16, 2010 – 3:00 pm | View Comments
Cirl Bunting and Wildlife Friendly Farming

Farmers and birds, living together! Wildlife friendly farming has helped one of Britain’s most threatened songbirds to bounce back from the brink of extinction.

Birds Invade Rome
February 15, 2010 – 4:47 pm | View Comments
Birds Invade Rome

I frequently receive links to videos of enormous flocks of birds, but it’s not that often I come across one where the birds are close to the ground and near the water!