Birds

his isle abounds with an infinite number of fowl, as Fulmar, Lavy, Falk, Bowger, etc.—A Late Voyage to St. Kilda, Martin Martin (1698). The northern fulmar is a pelagic bird of the northern oceans – it spends the vast majority of its life at sea and only comes to land to breed.  They are related […]

This time we’re talking about a local species – this came up because, here in the Seattle office, near the ship canal, I just started hearing their arrival this spring.  You can check here to listen for yourself  http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/caspian_tern/idThey remind me of pterodactyls, though I’ve never really heard one of those.  The Caspian is the

Well, it’s unlikely Allisa is going to cover this one during her Seattle Audubon Master Bird Classes.  This is the Hoatzin, a resident of the Amazon Basin and Orinco Delta in South America.  The genus Opisthocomus comes from the Greek meaning “wearing long hair behind”.   Well, ok then.  This refers to the punk hairdo – or crest. 

This is a small bird of the east coast, with a range that extends from southern Maine through northern Florida and west to eastern Texas and eastern Minnesota.  Within its range it is a pretty common bird of deciduous forests, suburbs, urban green spaces and where trees grow large enough for nesting cavities.  I t is