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We're putting together wrapped gift boxes and offering them at a 10% discount. Come by The Wild Bird after Thanksgiving and check them out. You can make you gift giving easy and save money at the same time!
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Posted November 24, 2010 at 01:23 PM
Free Gift With Any Optics Purchase! I have recently received a few items at a nice discount that I would like to pass on to my customers. So, I want to offer a free gift with the purchase of any spotting scope or pair of binoculars. The gifts are valued between $9.99 and around $99.99 and will be given out based on the value of the item purchased. This offer is valid while supplies last and may end at any time.Shop here in order to earn your free gift>>>> Th...
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Posted May 29, 2009 at 12:43 PM
March 28, 2009 Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma Dr. Dennis Paulson, Instructor 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM Did you know they are not all just “seagulls?” There are actually 10 species of gulls that occur regularly in and around Puget Sound, and the goal of this workshop is that you will come away with some knowledge of the lives and times of these species and how to distinguish them from one another. These birds are our constant companions at the waterside, a...
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Posted February 03, 2009 at 11:16 AM
News In Brief | Around The Island Nov 26 2008, 5:00 AM · NEW Shelter needs X-ray funds Bainbridge’s West Sound Wildlife Shelter is raising funds for an X-ray machine, with the help of The Wild Bird store in Poulsbo. For the month of December, The Wild Bird will be donating 10 percent of its sales to the shelter, to help raise money for the X-ray equipment. Wildlife shelter Executive Director Kol Medina said the machine will cost nearly $20,000 but will allow the shelter to greatly expand its ...
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Posted November 26, 2008 at 04:04 PM
Sparrow Free Magic Halo (Bird-X) We feed the birds here in the Pacific Northwest which means we also get crows. Now, we're not crow haters. In fact, we admire their intelligence and social behaviors. However, that does not mean we like the way a group of them can drop into our backyard and immediately empty a newly filled feeder. We have a raised platform feeder which we really like because it will draw normally ground feeding birds up to where they are easier to view....
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Posted November 13, 2008 at 02:04 PM
2009 GBBC News Release September 23, 2008 JOIN THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNTCount for Fun, Count for the Future New York, NY and Ithaca, NY—Bird and nature fans throughout North America are invited to join tens of thousands of everyday bird watchers for the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), February 13-16, 2009. A joint project of theCornell Lab of Ornithologyand theNational Audubon Society,this free event is an o...
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Posted November 12, 2008 at 04:10 PM
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Posted November 06, 2008 at 02:54 PM
I'm going to let you all in on a little secret. You don't have to carry around a full-sized pair of binoculars in order to have bright and clear images of the birds you are watching. I think that mid-sized binoculars are the future of birding. They are smaller and lighter then full-sized models while still providing great views. The quality of glass being used by optics manufacturers is such that they are able to get a lot of brightness out of smaller & lighter len...
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Posted November 03, 2008 at 01:40 PM
Paul Bannick will be featured at a Tacoma Public Library free book talk and slide show on Nov 18, 2008 at 7:00pm. Click here for more info.
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Posted October 28, 2008 at 01:00 PM
I often get asked about bluebirds here in Kitsap County. While a bluebird sighting here would be fairly rare and exciting they are a bit more common in other areas of Western Washington. I ran across the following story on the Tweeters Birding Email Digest. It gives some interesting info about a pair of bluebirds who had a very productive summer out in Sequim. Read the entire story here.
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Posted October 28, 2008 at 08:39 AM