We’re offering several guided birding adventures in the North Cascades, on the Salish Sea, and online this season to take you where the action is and help …
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The Youth Leadership Ambassadors program is an extension of our Youth Leadership Adventures summer program. The goal of the program is to further develop leadership and outdoor …
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By Rob Rich I came to the Pacific Northwest for many reasons, but one of them was, well, for the birds. Were those harlequin ducks for real? …
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Upcoming events: North Cascades Institute’s Birds of Bellingham Bay outing on the Snow Goose; Oct. 5, 8 am-5 pm, $125. Info and registration at ncascades.org or (360) 854-2599 …
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As anyone in the Skagit Valley may recall, this past Saturday wasn’t as bright and dry as some of the days previous. However, as stories like these …
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A flit of gold. A flicker of green. Soft song notes from within a tangle of blackberry vines. A surprising whoosh of hovering wing-sweeps, mere inches above …
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When the crops of the Skagit farmlands are put to rest for winter, they come. With the sky’s gray backdrop so common to a winter in western …
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