The best thing you can do is to keep your cats indoors, and leave the birds alone.
By July, many young robins have left the nest, or fledged.
The most common gull in the Puget Sound lowlands during May is the Glaucous-winged Gull.
Although many seabirds utter ugly-sounding groans and croaks, the Pigeon Guillemot produces a lovely series of trills and whistles. A birdhouse is a great asset for a garden.
To protect their nest and their young, adult crows dive-bomb people, cats, and other birds or animals.
All across North America, there are field trips, festivals, and exhibits to celebrate the birds that migrate. Listen for the rattling call of a Belted Kingfisher as it flies out over the water, looking for a fish.
Stretch your arms as far as you can, and imagine a bird whose reach is even greater! Not really a hawk at all, the nighthawk is closely related to the more fully nocturnal nightjars, such as the Whip-poor-will of eastern North America.
Sitting about three feet tall, this majestic bird has a wingspan of more than six feet.
That birds can hear so acutely the fine structure of song allows them to convey much information in a short sound. Not really a hawk at all, the nighthawk is closely related to the more fully nocturnal nightjars, such as the Whip-poor-will of eastern North America.
Watch for these birds to perch atop a piling or glide along, just above the surface of the water. To allow chickadees, nuthatches, or wrens into a birdhouse, and to keep aggressive, non-native species out, be sure the entrance hole is exactly one and one-eighth inches. Western Washington sits mid-way on the Pacific Coast flyway.
Recent studies show that songbirds use stars to help guide them, and will fly the wrong way when they are disoriented.
Cliff Swallows gather in spring, in nesting colonies. If the hole is too big, use an adapter to reduce its size. Western Washington sits mid-way on the Pacific Coast flyway. The holes typically reach three to six feet into the bank.
For years, scientists wondered why songbirds migrate at night.