• Waxwings in da house!

    I am not sure i’ve seen these guys in the wild before the other day, when one (unfortunately) hit our front window. Thankfully he just hung out in the tree out front until he was ok, then a bit later, three of them were up high in the neighbor’s tree. I think these were Cedar […]

  • Clean that Sound!

    You don’t have to convince me! Well said, and THANK YOU! From the Seattle Times: Guest: We must keep boat sewage out of Puget Sound Marine vessels are still allowed to empty their sewage tanks directly into this cherished and invaluable ecosystem. This environmentally unsound and fiscally irresponsible practice must end, writes guest columnist Peter […]

  • Go Lummi Nation!

    Lummi Indians to feds: No coal port here E. Fudd

  • Red Crossbils in town….!

    Very cool! Hope I get to see one soon too …. 🙂 Red crossbills still here – for the summer? Red Crossbill madness hits Seattle! (They’re a bird, not a team)

  • Woo hoo!

    From the Seattle Times: Once extinct here, wolverines on the rebound “…Once shot on sight, trapped and poisoned as vermin, wolverines were extinct in Washington by the 1930s. But they are making a comeback, repopulating portions of their historic home range for the first time in decades. On Friday, they were proposed for listing as […]

  • Little fish, BIG opportunity

    from Care2: The Bottom Line: Big Opportunity for Pacific Fish Note: This is a guest post from Lee Crockett, Director of U.S. Fisheries Campaigns at the Pew Environment Group. Our nation’s West Coast is known worldwide for the rich and iconic marine life that can be found off its shores. In fact, countless tourists travel […]

  • Charlie is 31!

    from KXLY in Pullman/Moscow: “….Charlie is the oldest living red-tail hawk in the entire world as defined in the longevity records by falconers. His home is Washington State University with the Raptor Club. Calculations have estimated his age to equal about 234 human years….” the rest of the article is here, including a link to […]

  • Snow Birdies!

    with the wussy Seattle ‘snowpocalypse’ of the past couple days, the backyard birds are still hanging in there – a couple pics of a fat robin hanging out in the holly tree, and a swarm of bushtits that hang out on the suet feeders…. E. Fudd

  • NW Biodiesel Network – Nov. 22 Education Forum

    NW Biodiesel Network (www.nwbiodiesel.org) November Education Forum: “The State of Biodiesel” Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm @ Phinney Community Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle WA 98103 The State of Biodiesel After taking a beating in 2010 because of the expiration of the Biodiesel Blender’s credit, the US Biodiesel industry is […]

  • It Takes A Sleuth

    From the latest Earthjustice newsletter: How a local SW WA lawyer has pushed back and won (for now) against Big Coal. And more from the New York Times. E. Fudd