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Birds

  • Arts

    October 19, 2011

    Visual Arts: SAM's Scrambled Survey of Asian Art

    A multicourse selection.

  • Arts

    August 24, 2011

    The Fussy Eye: Blue Bird

    This bird don't fly.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2011

    Spotted-Owl Plan Announced by Obama Admin Goes Too Far, Say Loggers; Not Far Enough, Say Conservationists

    ​Today President Obama continued his knack for finding a controversial topic, splitting the difference between sides, and not satisfying anyone. The new plan for protecting the endangered northern spotted owl was released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the reaction so far is tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Renton Cop vs. Angry Crows. Who Ya Got? (Hint: Winner Wielded Shotgun)

    photo by Brandi Stafford ​Pacific northwest crows have declared all-out war on the police. That is the only possible explanation, as the birds have once again reportedly dive-bombed an officer, this time in Renton. But while Everett's finest ended up with egg on their faces (and poop on their ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Watch This Family of Canadian Geese Get a Police Escort on I-90 (VIDEO)

    ​We're not sure how this mother goose and her goslings got onto I-90. But we do know how they got off.

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Osprey Nest on NOAA Ship Makes for a Race Against Eggs

    ​Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would really like to take the ship that's docked at the Sand Point Facility on Lake Washington out into the ocean for some research. Unfortunately, a pair of federally protected ospreys have other plans.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    How UW's Angry Birds Almost Became the Secret Weapon Against Osama Bin Laden

    ​An interesting study was carried out at the University of Washington a few years back. Wildlife Sciences Professor John Marzluff and his team of researchers would wear caveman masks while they captured and tagged crows. The crows quickly recognized the caveman masks and what they represented ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Puffins: More Delicious Than a Box of Penguins

    ​Cereal Philanderer is a weekly feature in which Jason Sheehan talks about cereal more than he probably should. Cereal du Jour: Puffins, America's favorite Icelandic-waterfowl-based cereal. History: I swear to God, I am taking this straight from the Barbara's Bakery website: "We got the name ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 9, 2011

    Paul Bannick

    ​Cereal Philanderer is a weekly feature in which Jason Sheehan talks about cereal more than he probably should. Cereal du Jour: Puffins, America's favorite Icelandic-waterfowl-based cereal. History: I swear to God, I am taking this straight from the Barbara's Bakery website: "We got the name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Save the Earth! Get Cremated Today

    ​When you die (spoiler alert: you will), your family will face several options as to how to dispose of your rotting corpse. A traditional Christian burial? A Viking funeral pyre? A Hunter S. Thompson-esque cannon firing? The options are long and convoluted. But fear not, dear mortal; Seattle a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Federal Plan to Save Spotted Owl: Shoot Barred Owl

    ​The phrase "Robbing Peter to pay Paul" comes to mind when considering a new plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save the endangered Northern spotted owl.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Air 2 A Bird Gets Chirpy via Gabriel Teodros and Amos Miller's Crow Hill

    ​Artist: Air 2 A Bird Album: Crow Hill Release date: July 22 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy -- you can even name your price Listen: Stream the record via BandCamp Just 72 short hours after leaving the country for a three-month tour reaching Europe, the Middle East and Africa, local rapper ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    1 Short Stories Live

    ​Artist: Air 2 A Bird Album: Crow Hill Release date: July 22 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy -- you can even name your price Listen: Stream the record via BandCamp Just 72 short hours after leaving the country for a three-month tour reaching Europe, the Middle East and Africa, local rapper ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2010

    Lonely Swan Must Hang On 'Til Next Year

    The legislature decides not to act on the merits of a new mate.

  • Calendar

    October 14, 2009

    Tony Angell

    The legislature decides not to act on the merits of a new mate.

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Paul Bannick

    The legislature decides not to act on the merits of a new mate.

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Maybe They Should've Just Tased Them? State Troopers Investigated for Clubbing Baby Seagulls

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2009

    Paul Bannick

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Paul Bannick

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2008

    Paul Bannick: The Owl and the Woodpecker

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Server Re-BOO! Wednesday

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Bird Studies

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 15, 2008

    Rick Araluce: Fragments of a Life

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    What Are Your Brunch Plans Next Weekend?

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2008

    Who Is Tagging Downtown Crows?

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Film

    July 9, 2008

    PICK Encounters at the End of the World: Werner Herzog loves frozen wasteland, hates penguins

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2008

    Photo of the Day: Bird Watching

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Arts

    September 26, 2007

    Paste-Up Urban Wildlife

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 14, 2007

    Ask an Uptight Seattleite

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    A Forest on Your Plate

    Washington State Patrol could purchase this set for training purposes for just $268.00There's an Adam Sandler sketch called Toll Booth Willie, in which the occupant of a toll booth--he happens to go by the name "Willie"--endures all sorts of abuse from the toll-payers. They call him worthless, assau ... More >>

  • Film

    November 15, 2006

    Happy Feet

    Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Nov. 17. Rated PG. 87 minutes.

  • Arts

    May 31, 2006

    The Scavenger’s Guide to Haute Cuisine

    Impossible recipies produce entertaining culinary road trip.

  • Arts

    November 16, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    John Hodgman, and John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell.

  • Film

    June 29, 2005

    Luc Jacquet

    The director of March of the Penguins.

  • Film

    April 13, 2005

    Turtles Can Fly

    Also: Voices In Wartime, and The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Killer Mosquitoes

    West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    They Flew, Flew Away

    The feds might be forced to change the status of the spotted owl from threatened to endangered, further curtailing timber cutting.

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    Chainsaw Politics

    Some environmentalists think the way to deal with Bush forest policy is to cut a deal that involves cutting a lot of trees.

  • News

    December 11, 2002

    Jackass on a Jet Ski

    Of all the species, why can't this one be driven to extinction?

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Owl's Not Well Up North

    The northern spotted owl is disappearing from B.C., as well as Washington.

  • News

    September 4, 2002

    Spotted Owls on the Outs

    Supposedly saved, biologists now count half as many on federal land.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Numbers of the Week

    Supposedly saved, biologists now count half as many on federal land.

  • Film

    January 16, 2002

    Scary Movie 2

    Supposedly saved, biologists now count half as many on federal land.

  • Arts

    July 11, 2001

    Outward bound

    It's not just for the birds

  • Diversions

    June 28, 2000

    License to overkill

    It's not just for the birds

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    What do we do when wildlife is no longer wild?

    It's not just for the birds

  • News

    February 24, 1999

    Produce and productivity

    It's not just for the birds

  • News

    February 17, 1999

    Sparrows and supertramps

    It's not just for the birds

  • News

    May 27, 1998

    Devil's bargain

    As owl and salmon protections fizzle, a desperate attempt is made to hammer out a statewide forest conservation plan.

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