King 5 News published the below tweet featuring a wild osprey catching a bass at the Ballard Locks yesterday! Gotta catch them all! An osprey nabbed this bass in the Ballard Locks. Photo by Tom Tully #k5explore pic.twitter.com/nlT3WhXrM2 — KING 5 News (@KING5Seattle) July 19, 2016
Tag: wildlife
Baby squirrel rescued from Ballard man’s stove
A Ballard man came home to hear a strange sound coming from his kitchen yesterday evening. “A squeaking something in the vent above my stove,” Dusty said. After getting out the flashlight, he discovered a baby squirrel had crawled down the fan vent and taken up residence next to the warm light inside. Dusty posted […]
Beware of aggressive crows
Each springtime crows become loud, aggressive and territorial. Deepballard writes this warning in the forum: Was walking south on 32nd, just before 62nd, when a crow dive bombed me from a tree, attacking my head. I thought someone had thrown something at my head until I heard the wings and saw the crow flying back […]
Injured sea lion comes ashore at Golden Gardens
Just before 8 p.m. Sunday evening a sea lion (possibly a seal) came on shore at Golden Gardens near the Bathhouse. Photo of sea lion before 8 p.m. Curious and worried onlookers gathered around and watched as the animal collapsed a couple feet out of the water. After noticing a gash on its side, several […]
Bear, cougar and now a coyote in Magnolia
The bear swam to Ballard. The cougar got caught in Discovery Park. And now a coyote is making various appearances in Magnolia. Our sister site, MagnoliaVoice, is posting photos from neighbors, like this one: “It is good sized, appears healthy and doesn’t appear to be the least bit skittish about humans in its immediate vicinity,” […]
Ballard family attacked by raccoon
Update: We have an update on the warning we posted earlier this weekend about a raccoon who attacked a Ballard family in their backyard near 14th Ave. and 73rd St. Joanna Silverstein told us a raccoon attacked their dog, then turned on her and her husband Mark on Thursday night. Joanna said it all began […]
Flyer warns of raccoon attack
There have been raccoon sightings pretty regularly around here. Even most recently in a parking lot along Market Street. We received an email from a neighbor who lives near 73rd & Alonzo who says that she came home and found a flyer that says: Attention Neighbors! A family and their dog were attacked by a […]
Cougar caught in Discovery Park
The cougar that forced wildlife officials to close Discovery Park on Thursday has been caught. Magnolia Voice is reporting that wildlife officials tracked it with dogs and tranquilized it once it was up a tree. The cougar is fine and will be released today. Magnolia Voice has full coverage and photos. The Parks Department has […]
New cougar sighting, Discovery Park closed
Discovery Park has been shut down after another Magnolia resident spotted a cougar in the area. The Department of Fish and Wildlife is setting traps in the area, and officers will attempt to track the cougar with Karelian bear dogs. Our sister site, MagnoliaVoice, was the first to break the story about the cougar, and […]
Magnolia residents report seeing cougar
Last May a black bear swam over from Magnolia and ran through Ballard. Now Magnolia residents report seeing a cougar in their neighborhood, and they’re sending their reports to our sister site, Magnolia Voice. “I chased it in my car,” says one resident. “I rolled down my window and yelled at it to go away.” […]
Ballard bear captured in Everett
Wildlife officials captured a small black bear in Everett on Friday, and now they say it’s likely the same bear that scurried through Ballard last week. The 180-pound bear was shot in the rear end with a tranquilizer dart while napping just north of Everett, and he’ll be relocated back into the wilderness. We’ve made […]
Bear spotted in Shoreline again
The bear that ran through Ballard was spotted on the track at Kellogg Middle School up in Shoreline early this morning. Somehow, the bear made it across I-5. We’ve updated our tracking map here. And wildlife officials have now given the bear a name: “Urban Phantom.”
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