Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The American goldfinch is the state bird of Washington. This list of birds of Washington includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Washington. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC) of the Washington Ornithological Society. As of November 2021, the list contained 522 species.
Washougal Oaks Natural Area: This combined NAP/NRCA: protects the largest high-quality Oregon white oak woodland in western Washington. 264 acres (1.07 km 2) Cowlitz County. Merrill Lake NRCA: This site contains a mixed conifer/hardwood forest along a shoreline, providing habitat for birds of prey. 114 acres (0.46 km 2) Grays Harbor County
The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
More recently, Leque Island had suffered repeated levee failures, which endangered the local roadway, Washington State Route 532. [5] Today the island is a Wildlife Recreation Area, where people come for bird watching, photography, and to hunt ducks, geese and pheasants during hunting season, with the pheasants being stocked on-site.
Part of the "Eastern Lake Ontario Barrier Beach and Wetland Complex" New York Natural Heritage Area. [7] Bog Brook: Putnam: 132 acres (0.53 km 2) Braddock Bay: Monroe: 2,402 acres (9.72 km 2) Canadaway Creek: Chautauqua: 2,080 acres (8.4 km 2) Canoga Marsh: Seneca: 104 acres (0.42 km 2) [8] Protects marshland along the western shore of Cayuga ...
Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' rain shadow. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of 46.87 centimetres (18.45 inches) of precipitation per year, [1] whereas the average place in Western Washington ...
North Dakota's 2022 pheasant season opens Saturday, Oct. 8. Based on statistics compiled by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 47,020 pheasant hunters went afield ...
The Cascadia Bioregion encompasses all of the state of Washington, all but the southeastern corner of Idaho, and portions of Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia. Bioregions are geographically based areas defined by land or soil composition, watershed, climate, flora, and fauna.