Bird Week 2018

  • Bird Week: Birds in Art, Life, Poetry and Song

     The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. A dawn chorus awakens the world. From hemisphere to hemisphere we rise to the sound of birds. As we make our way… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Birds in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s 10th anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird.  In honor of Bird Week, I’ve selected three titles written for young people with appeal to bird lovers of all ages: a… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Mythology and Birds

    Bird Week: Mythology and Birds

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for the first ever Seattle Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary. Throughout human mythology, birds fly with us, inspire us, sing to us, and explain the natural world to us. Consider the ancient Greeks using the idea of a… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Backyard Birds

    Bird Week: Backyard Birds

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. Birdwatching in your own back yard – what a delightful thought. You can attract birds through wildlife-friendly landscapes, birdhouses, and feeders.The Washington… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Bus Reads for April

    Bird Week: Bus Reads for April

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for the first ever Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary. Commuting to Seattle by bus 5 days a week gives me a lot of reading time. Usually I read whatever catches my eye, but for Bird Week I… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Birds of the Pacific Northwest

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. The Pacific Northwest region is blessed with many bird species and birdwatching enthusiasts.  With longer days, April is a fine month to… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Put a Bird On It!

    Bird Week: Put a Bird On It!

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s 10th anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. Long before Portlandia made it a meme, artists and craftspeople have been adorning their work with birds. One of the earliest… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Birds Ground Us — The Earth and Environmental Equity

    Bird Week: Birds Ground Us — The Earth and Environmental Equity

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Don’t you think our lush planet is worth far more than two… Continue reading

  • Bird Week: Tweet Spring! Celebrating Seattle’s Birds

    The Seattle Public Library is partnering with the Seward Park Audubon Center for Bird Week, April 23-30, in celebration of the center’s tenth anniversary and the National Audubon Society’s 2018 Year of the Bird. From the oldest of worlds into the new they flew, heralding dawn, signaling coming night, solitary, in flocks they arrived. Seed carriers,… Continue reading