Red Tail Blue wing tag‏ Fred Sears 7/19/13

So the Red-tailed Hawk with the Blue wing tag apparently nested by St. Joe's this year (a cottonwood between St. Joe's and Cornwall park). At the Current time it is humoring/ enticing a young Red-tailed Hawk to fly and fend for itself which it seems reluctant to do. The image is of the the untagged adult. Both adults are actively calling and flying close to the chick seemingly trying to entice it to fly which it response to by rapidly jumping between limbs on its tree of the moment.

This year's Barred Owl nest‏ Joe Meche 7/24/13

It's common knowledge that the BADO's of the previous two years abandoned the well known nesting tree in Whatcom Falls Park and set up in a new site. I think I found the new nesting hole this morning and, given the proximity to the area of frequent sightings this summer, this might be the tree.
Tough to tell in the photo, but it meets all the necessary criteria and you can see old nesting material falling out of the entry hole.

Double-crested Cormorant nest‏- Joe Meche 7/11/13

I'm posting this photo so we can all appreciate the size/complexity of the nests these birds make. If you see them from far away it's difficult to realize the size, but they really are impressive structures.