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Chirp, Chirp: Edmonds' Puget Sound Bird Fest Is Today Through Sunday

The three-day event includes speakers, guided walks, land- and water-based field trips, exhibits and educational activities for all ages.

Look, up in the sky.

It's the eighth annual Puget Sound Bird Fest in Edmonds, which begins today and continues through Sunday.

The three-day event includes speakers, guided walks, land- and water-based field trips, exhibits and educational activities for all ages.

Friday evening features an opening reception and keynote address by Paul Bannick, bird and nature photographer. Paul's book The Owl and the Woodpecker was selected as one of the five finalists for the 2009
Washington State Book Awards in the general nonfiction category.

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More recently, Bannick finished first among professional photographers in the category of Birds and Their Habitat in the 2011 Audubon Magazine Photography Awards.

He won with his photo of a morthern pygmy owl.

Saturday field trips include a morning Birding Cruise on Puget Sound with the Edmonds Yacht Club.

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There will be workshops and presentations all day Saturday at the Frances Anderson Center featuring bird photography, basic to advanced birding techniques, choosing and using bird feeders and nest boxes, and current research on Puget Sound bird species.

On Sunday there will be more guided walks, as well as activities at the Willow Creek Hatchery Wildlife Habitat and Native Plant Demonstration Garden.Β 

Go to the festival Web site for more details.

This year's Puget Sound Bird Fest is dedicated to the memory of Lee Anne Malott, whose insight and contributions are greatly missed.

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