Can you name three local species of birds which eat elderberries? You will be able to if you read this week’s post on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
ps: I forgot to include cedar waxwings as one of the three species which eats elderberries, but they do eat them and they are a perfectly valid answer.
Besides initiating new trees and allergies, what is the value of cottonwood seeds? Learn more in this week’s post on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…in the cottonwood snow.
Larry
This week I was lucky enough to photograph a long-eared owl in the Arboretum. Can you determine this bird’s gender? Do you know where this species spends the winter? Do they migrate? Why would I title this post, The Lioness? Learn more at:
Have a great day on Union Bay …where lions wander through the city!
Larry
Find out why this bird reminds me of playing darts in this week’s post on:
You will also learn about a bird’s gape.
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
What is a wood duck to do when there is no available housing? Seattle’s housing crisis is not limited to just sapiens. to learn more read this week’s post on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature strives to reproduce in the city!
Larry
Has Storm, our local female pileated woodpecker, left us? Has Chip found a new replacement? Will there be young in a nest this year? Entertain these questions, see the photos and much more in this week’s post on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
Can you see a color difference between these two birds? The colors of the their offspring are even more different. Compare on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
Waxwings tend to eat fruit in the Fall and Winter. What do they eat in Summer and Spring? Find out how they round out their diet in this week’s post on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
After last week’s post, “Beep, Beep“, about the road runner, it seems perfectly fitting that this week we should focus on a coyote. I hope you enjoy the new post on:
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
Reading the signals and finding a mate can be challenging. Not everyone is motivated by the same desires. Watch this hooded merganser as he attempts to deal with a very self-assured female.
Have a great day on Union Bay…where nature lives in the city!
Larry
