Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana) are brilliant blue songbirds found in a variety of western U.S. habitats.  On the west side of the Cascades, they historically had relied on mature Garry oak woodlands: because of habitat loss (old oak trees with natural cavities), the Western Bluebird is listed as a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need.”...

Haley Olson, Senior Resource Scientist, Puget Sound Energy, Avian Protection Program “PSE’s Avian Protection Program: Protecting Birds and Improving Power Reliability." Puget Sound Energy serves 1.2 million electricity and 900,000 natural gas customers across 10 counties in Washington, a 6,000 square-mile service area. Since early 2000, PSE has endeavored to...