Tag: conservation

Hope for the future…

When 5th grade Olivia Bouler heard about the oil spill in the place she vacations with her family, she sat down to write a letter with an offer to help the birds…   And so began “Save the Gulf” operation between Olivia, her drawings and the Audubon Society. As of today, June 11 2010, she has [...]

List of Top 20 Common Birds in Decline

The following are the 20 common North American birds with the greatest population declines since 1967. Click on the name to view each individual profile to learn how you can help. #1 Northern Bobwhite a chubby, robin-sized bird that runs along the ground in groups and is found in grasslands mixed with shrubs or widely [...]

Several U.S. Bird Populations Plummet Due to Habitat Loss

The birdies on our windows, our porches, our trees… may not be anymore if we do not mind the way we co-exist. Birds are the first gauge in how well we are treating our environment. If they start to disappear — we are in trouble. How sad for us, how sad for them… we really [...]

The Barred Owl (a bird a day)

Today’s bird is going to be the Barred Owl. Ask me why? Come on…ask me! Ask me why? BECAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I have pictures of it. Not pictures that are creative commons. Not pictures I bought. Not pictures from postcard but actual live in-person pictures of the Barred Owl in the “Wetland Mitigation” in Redmond, WA. It [...]