Joan Carson
A founding member of Kitsap Audubon, the local chapter of the National Audubon Society, Joan Carson is a columnist whose primary subjects are birds, birdwatchers and birding. For more than four decades, her columns have appeared regularly in the Kitsap Sun, Tacoma News Tribune, The Olympian and the Peninsula Daily News. Joan is past president of the Northwest Outdoor Writers Association and has traveled throughout North America and the world while enjoying and writing about outdoor subjects. The granddaughter of Kitsap County pioneers, she lives with her husband in Poulsbo in their own Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary that was established with the National Wildlife Federation and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in 1976.
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Articles & Blog Posts
- Blog Post:
Pigeon Guillemot — the Whistler
(August 4, 2015) - Article:
The Birds of Summer — Swallows of Puget Sound and Western Washington
(July 16, 2015) in Featured & The Garden - Blog Post:
Watch for Eurasian Collared-Doves Around West Sound
(June 23, 2015) - Blog Post:
Spring Surprises — Shorebirds on West Sound’s Beaches
(April 15, 2015) - Blog Post:
Dueling Hummingbirds
(March 31, 2015) - Blog Post:
Landscaping for Birds in Your Garden
(January 14, 2015) - Blog Post:
Decorating a Bird’s Christmas Tree
(December 11, 2014) - Blog Post:
The Wild Turkey: Our Real National Bird
(November 10, 2014) - Blog Post:
Fall Birdwatching Field Trips on Washington’s Ferries
(October 3, 2014)
