Kevin Li, 1956-2006
Kevin will be long-remembered. He was instrumental in bringing back Purple Martins to the Puget Sound area. Kevin was a biologist and water-quality specialist for the King County DNR. He died of a suspected heart attack while scuba diving near the Keystone ferry dock on January 30th. Hundreds attended a memorial service at the UW’s Center for Urban Horticulture on February 3rd. Kevin took this self portrait in Hawaii while celebrating his 50th birthday.

Left: Comparison of a tarsometatarsus (leg bone) of a Double-crested Cormorant chick of known age (2-3 weeks old) from the Peabody Museum Zooarchaeology Lab (ZM-471-PEL; left) with one of comparable age from the Watmough Bay site (right). Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum, Archaeology Dept. and the Peabody Museum Zooarchaeology Lab.
Right: Double-crested Cormorant tarsometatarsi (a leg bone) from the Watmough Bay site. The specimens are arranged in terms of age: those in the upper left are the oldest (nearly adult), while those on the bottom right are chicks. Photo courtesy of the Burke Museum Archaeology Dept.

Evening Grosbeak

Photo by Tom Hahn

Red Crossbill

Photo by Tom Hahn

Northern Flicker nest check

Photo by Michael Donahue

Burrowing Owl

Photo by Randy Hill

Eurasian Collared-Dove Sammamish

King County

Photo by Fred Trousdale

Spotted Owls nesting along Milk Creek northwest of Cliffdell

Yakima County

Photo by Denny Granstrand

White-headed Woodpecker

Near Ellensburg Pass

Yakima County

Photo by Denny Granstrand

American Three-toed Woodpecker Mud Lake Burn north of Hwy 410  Yakima County

Photo by Denny Granstrand

Black-chinned Hummingbird Dixie

Walla Walla County

Photo by Peter Murray

Yellow-breasted Chat

Umtanum Canyon

Kittitas County

Photo by Joyce Meyer