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Bird Questions & Answers
“What is that bird?”
“What do I feed it?
“How do I keep it from flying into my windows?”
“How do I keep the @#$% squirrels out of my feeder?”
What’s YOUR bird-related question?
“No question too silly,” says Kitsap Audubon’s
Jim Ullrich. “We enjoy answering them all.”
So don’t be bashful if you have
questions about those birds in your backyard. Contact:
- Your local Audubon chapter.
- Seattle Audubon Society’s bird volunteers (actually
these are people volunteers who answer bird questions) at
206-523-4483
- Jim Ullrich at 1-800-851-2575 or email
Q. Where
can I report bird sightings?
Q. What do I do with
an orphaned or injured bird?
Q. How can I learn more
about birds?
Q. Where
can I report bird sightings?
A. Most of our local Audubon Chapters [link to chapter websites
page] want to know what you’re seeing and keep lists
of local areas.
Here is the National connection for Christmas
Bird Count, Great
Backyard Bird Count, and more:
And check out the extensive links to bird
recording
and monitoring.
Q.
What do I do with an orphaned or injured bird?
A. Do not attempt to care for the bird yourself. In doing
so you could do more harm than good (often “orphaned”
birds are not orphaned at all!) and you could be in violation
of state or federal laws.
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| © Jeff Larsen |
Please call or e-mail the following resources.
Central Washington
Tsillan Wildcare in Chelan
509-687-3246
redmiatagirl@msn.com
Eastern Washington
Dr. Jerry E. Ponti
Ponti Veterinary Hospital
4807 N. Starr Rd.
Otis Orchards, WA, 99027
509-922-7465
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Spokane office
509-456-4082
Kristina Janzen, Animal Care Center
Moscow/Pullman
208-883-4349
kjanzen@wsu.edu
Northwest Washington
William T. Testerman, DVM
Fidalgo Animal Medical Center
3303 Commercial Avenue
Anacortes, WA 98221
360-293-2186
Sarvey Wildlife Care Center (birds and
bats)
13106 148th NE
Arlington, WA 98223
360-435-4817 or 360-652-7690
megmyotis@happyvalleybats.org
Sandra Kay Fletcher
Island Wildlife Shelter
Bainbridge Island/ Kitsap County
206-855-9057
islwildlifecontact@yahoo.com
Northwest
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
360-966-8845 or toll-free 877-953-7377
P.O. Box 4273
Bellingham WA 98227
Michelle Schraeder, DVM
Edwin Stone, DVM
Mountain Veterinary Hospital
3413 Mount Baker Highway
Bellingham, WA 98226
206-592-5113
Sardis Wildlife Center
P.O. Box 484
Custer, WA 98240
360-366-3863
Timothy & Suzanne Lucy
5330 Mosquito Lake Road
Deming, WA 98244
360-384-3056 (days)
360-592-5655 (nights)
Susie Burnett
4878 Beachway Road
Ferndale, WA Ê98248
360-384-6168 (days)
360-384-5440 (nights)
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehab Center
Friday Harbor, San Juan Island
360-378-5000
whollow@rockisland.com
Jim Styers, Fathom
23, Inc.
253-884-3253
Wildlife Rapid Response Team & Oil Spill Wildlife Management
Gig Harbor
JSty23@aol.com
Progressive
Animal Welfare Society
Lynnwood/ Snohomish County
425-787-2500 ex.817
info@paws.org
Eric E. Anderson, DVM
Wildlife Care Clinic
33285 SR 20
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
360-240-1060
Sue Murphy
P.O. Box 625
Stanwood, WA 98292-0625
360-387-8299
Western Washington
Randy
Marston, Wild Animal Rescue Mission
McCleary/ Grays Harbor, Thurston, Pierce, Lewis, and Pacific
counties
1-800-750-3296
warm@sprynet.com
Q. How can
I learn more about birds?
A. Many excellent sources exist for learning about birds:
classes and field trips, books, online information, and on-the-air
programs. Start with these suggestions.
Classes and Field Trips
 Dungeness
River Audubon Center programs teach birds in the classroom
and in the field, by sight and by ear.
All local Audubon chapters
all offer field trips, and many offer beginning birding classes.
Seattle Audubon hosts bird
education programs for all ages and has trained volunteers
available by phone to answer bird-related
questions.
Also offering guided field trips and classes
are many organizations connected with:
These are just examples of the hundreds
of public and private, non-profit and for-profit groups in
Washington that help people learn about birds.
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| © Jeff Larsen |
Festivals
Washington state is fortunate to have a large flock of birding
festivals [link to festivals page], all of which feature terrific
field trips, exhibits, bird-related products and services,
activities for all ages – and, of course, the opportunity
to meet other birders.
Books
National Audubon Society field
guides and pocket guides
Seattle Audubon’s nature
shop
Online Information
Seattle Audubon’s BirdWeb
covers Washington’s birds.
Nearly all protected natural areas –
local, county, state, and federal – have websites.
National Audubon offers this comprehensive
list of bird ‘links’
 See
John James Audubon’s famous
Birds of America.
On the air
Listen on the radio or online to Seattle Audubon’s bird
program, “BirdNote”. |
