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• Field reports: New website details potential wildlife lands

  May 6, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 PUBLIC LAND – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife unveiled a website, wdfw.wa.gov/lands/acquisitions, this week detailing a wish list of properties the state may buy for fish and wildlife …

• Out & About: State accepting proposals for sportfishing rule changes

  May 6, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 SPORTFISHING – Proposals for changing Washington sportfishing rules starting in 2013 are being accepted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife through June 15. The agency says it will …

• Out & About: Timelybriefs on fishing, hunting, nature

  April 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 CdA ranks 9th in U.S. for bass OUTSTANDING – Bass fishing at Lake Coeur d’Alene is getting national attention this week as the North Idaho lake was listed No. 9 …

• Out & About: Sign-up deadline looms for Kid Fishing event

  April 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTFISH – April 20 is the deadline to sign up kids ages 5-14 for the May 5 Kid Fishing event at Clear Lake. Up to 950 youths will be preassigned …

• Birds soon to be looking for cavity nesting sites

  March 4, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C14 The past week of snow and frigid weather has been but a minor setback. Bird migrations will be getting into full swing through the Inland Northwest this month as sure …

• Post Falls photographer seizes snowy owl irruption opportunity

  January 15, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Sandy Milliken proved that wildlife photographers are a hungrier version of the common birdwatcher by going the distance to make pictures of snowy owls. Failing to find the snowies reported … 2

• WSU giving attention, care to snowy owl with broken wing

  January 11, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page A5 A snowy owl that recently escaped death is making himself at home at Washington State University. The owl, Tundra, had migrated thousands of miles from the Arctic to the Inland … 1

• Snowy owls give Oregon surprise visit

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors, Region on Page B3 BEND, Ore. – Wildlife scientists are puzzling over the appearance of the snowy owl in Oregon, a bird rarely seen in the state. The owls are usually found in Alaska …

• 2011: Out & about

  January 1, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 Badger Lake residents challenged and postponed an aquatic weed herbicide application proposed by other lake residents. Felt got the boot in Maryland, the first state to ban felt-soled boots for …

• Gardening: Proper food attracts birds in winter

  December 22, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S5 I finally found an easy way to amuse bored cats now that the weather is cold. We placed two round cat beds in front of the window in my office. …

• Field reports: Visiting snowy owls find roads rough

  December 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 MIGRANTS – Snowy owls seem to be showing up in ones and twos all over the northern tier of the United States this winter as they migrate from arctic homes …

• Thousands of birds crash land at Wal-Mart, elsewhere

  December 14, 2011 in Nation/World Thousands of migratory birds died on impact after apparently mistaking a Wal-Mart parking lot and other areas of southern Utah for bodies of water and plummeting to the ground in … 5

• Area bird watchers up for the Christmas Bird Count

  December 4, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 Inland Northwest birders are among thousands in roughly 2,000 localities across North America and beyond who will be flocking together in the next few weeks for the 112th annual Audubon … 1

• Eagle numbers down sharply on Lake Cd’A

  November 23, 2011 in Outdoors The annual gathering of bald eagles that feast on spawning kokanee at Lake Coeur d’Alene is getting off to a slow start.

• Why are ruffed grouse taking a shine to retired North Idaho men?

  November 6, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Ruffed grouse have been taking a shine to graying men in North Idaho. Newspaper stories have featured two men who’ve developed close relationships with the normally shy forest grouse. 2

• Chelan hawk migration lures research, festival

  September 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 “Plastic owls on long poles help bring the hawks near capture nets,” said Felix Martinez of Spokane. “Hawks hate owls and will veer miles out of their way to harass …

• Rescuer’s act of kindness expands to save barn owls

  May 1, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 On any given day in the spring, a shed surrounded by rolling vineyards on the fringe of Kennewick holds about 20 young barn owls. They’re confined until they grow big …

• Field reports: Audubon Society offers birding classes, trips

  April 17, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 WILDLIFE – Spokane Audubon members are offering several opportunities to learn more about birds and bird identification. • Birds of Eastern Washington, Thursday and Saturday, taught by SAS member Fran …

• Tsunami one more disaster for albatross

  March 27, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 The albatross has had more ups and downs with Japan’s seismic events than the courtship flight of a snipe. While the world focuses on Japan’s March 11 earthquake disaster, a …

• Owls have a hoot making winter babies

  February 27, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Several of the 11 owl species that inhabit most parts of Idaho and the region are already well into their courtship and production of a new generation, according to Jim …

• Out & About: Sky-high skiers fly at Schweitzer

  February 20, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Sky-high skiers fly at Schweitzer What: Yoke’s Outrageous Air Show aerial ski-jumping exhibition ( vimeo.com/12585195), plus fireworks, music

• 2010 Outstanding in their field

  January 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 Andrew Graham is goose-calling ace, Alexander Martin canoes across the USA, Kim Thorburn is named Fish & Wildlife volunteer of the year…

• Outstanding in their field

  January 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 Andrew Graham, 15, a freshman at Cheney High School, traveled to Easton, Md., in November and stepped onto the elite stage of waterfowl communication. He honked away most of the …

• Bird lovers delight in jay’s rare appearance

  November 28, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 Chuck Murray discovered a strange bird recently in his Bayview backyard. A western scrub jay showed up Oct. 24 and appears to be settling in for a long stay. Nonmigratory, …

• OK to grouse about grouse

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K6 Although they have virtually no money for formal surveys, Washington biologists speculate that forest grouse populations have been lower than average in the past few years. The harvest of ruffed, …

• Idaho chukars provide bright spot amid mixed bird-hunting prospects

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K7 Time to start training for the harshest bird hunting terrain in the region, since chukars may be one of the saving graces in a season of mixed news for upland …

• Washington provides only opportunity for grouse slam

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K6 Washington is a rare bird for wingshooters looking to bag a “slam.” Forest grouse hunters recognize Washington as the only state that offers a four-bird slam, which was born in …

• Bird watchers ask, field guides deliver

  August 1, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 Kris Buchler, who was teaching a beginner bird-watching class for Coeur d’Alene Audubon this spring, was tentative when a novice asked her, “What’s the best field guide to birds?” “Everybody …

• Pole spared for birds

  July 25, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C9 Heavy equipment operators could sometimes be accused of being on a power trip when they’re maintaining the huge transmission lines that traverse wildlife habitat in this region. But neighbors say …

• Digging for key to burrowing owl decline

  June 6, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C10 Experts from across the U.S. attending the burrowing owl symposium last month in Umatilla, Ore., may have outnumbered the species’ dwindling population in the Mid-Columbia. Thirty-five wildlife specialists concerned about …

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