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AND SUCH SOFT FEATHERS, TOO – Judy Booth admiring Lummi, a Harris’s Hawk trained by Sue Hanneman, a licensed falconer and bird abatement professional who works and lives on Fir Island. These red-tailed hawks dive at a speed of at least 120 miles per hour. – Photo courtesy of Kit Muehlman
Chamber of Commerce Director Heather Carter had the right bait to bring droves of birders to the first La Conner Birding Showcase: world renowned owl expert Paul Bannick. It worked: Over 350 people overflowed the balcony and main floor of the town’s Maple Hall Sat., Jan. 27.
Bannick did not disappoint, swooping across the room, speaking directly to people in the front row, by turns dramatically raising and lowering his voice as he went through an hour’s worth of photos and videos, captivating his viewers as he took them from the arctic tundra to Arizona’s deserts. He had specific facts and tid...
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