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Wild Whidbey: December 2011
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Friday, December 9, 2011. Living with bats on Whidbey Island. Plucking a tiny, female bat from the main entrance to Langley Library on Thanksgiving Day, Sarah Schmidt was relaxed. 8220;I never had that fear of bats,” she explained over lunch. “My mother didn’t teach me to be afraid. She just thought all wildlife was cool.”. Bat Girl," the Langley Library bat. Never touch unless vaccinated. c 2011 Bill Rick. Sarah Schmidt. Photo by Dan Pedersen. Schmi...
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Wild Whidbey: Saving a spot for wildlife
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Thursday, March 1, 2012. Saving a spot for wildlife. Like many people I did not move to Whidbey Island for the wildlife. But in time I discovered they defined my quality of life. Deer, coyotes, orcas, Redtail-hawks, gray whales, woodpeckers, owls and native chipmunks are why I live here. They bring me immense joy and peace. Craig Johnson photographed this Double-crested Cormorant. A few years ago I made thank you calls to some of these people for the...
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Wild Whidbey: Wildlife opened my eyes to the Land Trust's mission
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Saturday, March 24, 2012. Wildlife opened my eyes to the Land Trust's mission. 8220;That’s a baby great horned owl,” my friend Craig Johnson said of the image I’d just emailed him. “These beautiful owls are breeding in your woods because you have good, healthy habitat. They’ll help keep down the rodents in your garden.”. Bubba kept us entertained all spring. Decades from now, if Bubba’s offspring still live and breed in our woods, we will know ...
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Wild Whidbey: October 2011
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Saturday, October 29, 2011. Going out with a bang. Sometimes it is enough just to appreciate what is right outside the door. Huckleberries to feed the birds this winter. Blueberries. We ate all the blue parts. Sorry. Crabapples - a feast for the birds when the cold weather hits. Rose Hips for the birds, deer, squirrels, rabbits and other visitors this winter. Pin Oak, just because we like it. Posted by Dan Pedersen. Saturday, October 22, 2011. Moving...
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Wild Whidbey: February 2011
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Adult male Hairy Woodpecker, on Sunday. Just when it looked like we had turned the corner toward spring, today we turned back sharply the other way. Now it appears we'll have a few nights in the 20s with the possibility of four to six inches of snow. Action will center on the suet feeder, where the woodpeckers can build up their energy reserves for the cold conditions. When they finally reach the feeder they will cling and...
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Wild Whidbey: June 2012
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Friday, June 1, 2012. Please Wing It Over to a New Blog. Follow me - the Black-headed Grosbeak. The nature blog, is on break. But it's not a very big break, because I'm blogging like crazy about nature on a new blog called Off the Rails. Please wing it over there with me and subscribe to Off the Rails. Just click on the blog name. To make the jump. Then, when you get there, subscribe if you'd like to continue to receive my posts. Promote Your Page Too.
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Wild Whidbey: Living with bats on Whidbey Island
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Friday, December 9, 2011. Living with bats on Whidbey Island. Plucking a tiny, female bat from the main entrance to Langley Library on Thanksgiving Day, Sarah Schmidt was relaxed. 8220;I never had that fear of bats,” she explained over lunch. “My mother didn’t teach me to be afraid. She just thought all wildlife was cool.”. Bat Girl," the Langley Library bat. Never touch unless vaccinated. c 2011 Bill Rick. Sarah Schmidt. Photo by Dan Pedersen. Schmi...
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Wild Whidbey: May 2011
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Friday, May 6, 2011. Bird lovers strike it rich with Craig and Joy Johnson’s fourth photo book. Just when I had given up hope there would be any more books of wild bird photography from Craig and Joy Johnson, they sprang a surprise. About half the photographs were taken on Whidbey. Our Pacific Northwest Birds and Habitat: Featuring the Puget Sound Area. At home in their backyard bird sanctuary. Pedersen photo. Craig admits he and Joy had not expected...
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Wild Whidbey: January 2011
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Celebrating Our Wildlife and the People Who Love Them. Sunday, January 2, 2011. The Varied Thrushes - Our Golden Visitors of Winter. I can't get enough of the Varied Thrushes that have been brightening the snowy landscape outside my window during this recent cold snap. When a late-afternoon shaft of light hits one of these birds, the effect is stupendous. Of all our winter visitors, the thrushes are the hardest to photograph because they detect the slightest movement inside the house, such as when I reac...
