West Seattle Thursday: Art Walk; Little League; DIY; more

(A regular visitor to photographer Melanie Dixon‘s feeder)
No rain, no snow – yet! (Saturday night is the earliest forecast mention) – so it should be a perfect night for the West Seattle Art Walk, if the forecast holds true. From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar:

‘KING TIDES’ AGAIN: Another round of ultra-high high tides (here’s the chart) – this morning, 12.7 feet as of minutes ago (7:17 am), next two mornings, a bit higher.

LITTLE PEPPERS: Two children under three in the family? 10 am today, it’s the first class in a new session of Little Peppers, meeting at West Seattle Bright Horizons, 4530 38th Ave SW – details here.

WEST SEATTLE ART WALK, JANUARY EDITION: For previews of specific venues and artists, check out the official Art Walk site – tonight’s highlights will include Twilight Artist Collective‘s 7th-anniversary celebration – 6-9 pm at dozens of venues around the peninsula.

WINE TASTING AND LIVE MUSIC: Second Thursday of the month, that’s what you’ll find at C & P Coffee (WSB sponsor), 5612 California SW, 6 pm – 8 pm. You’re welcome to bring an appetizer to share! Tonight, Choro Tocando and the music of Brazil. $5 tasting fee, or wines by glass or bottle.

ASK-AN-EXPERT AT WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY: 6-8 pm tonight, 4408 Delridge Way SW (east side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center), see our preview from last night.

WEST SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE SIGNUPS: First in-person registration session for West Seattle Little League, 6-8:30 pm at West Seattle High School (3000 California SW), more info here.

ADVISORY GROUP: Design Advisory Group for the Murray CSO project meets, Fauntleroy Church, 6:30 pm (more info here).

LIVE MUSIC: Alma Villegas performs at Shadowland, 4458 California SW, 8 pm-11 pm. No cover.

OVERNIGHT PARTIAL BRIDGE CLOSURE: 9 pm-5 am, another Fauntleroy Expressway closure is scheduled as the seismic-retrofit work continues.

GARAGE SALE FANS, MARK YOUR CALENDARS: West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day (sponsored by WSB for the fifth consecutive year) is exactly four months away – May 12th. Way too soon to register, but we’ll give you plenty of advance warning!

amalia January 12, 2012 (7:58 am)

Anna’s hummingbird :). Aren’t the feeder wars great?

miws January 12, 2012 (8:28 am)

“Feeder Wars” sounds like a great idea for a TV show, amalia! ;-)

Mike

boy January 12, 2012 (9:23 am)

I know this is off topic but Has anybody notice that along south bound 99 through the new s curve there is still a upside down orange sign that seems dangerus and it has been there for about 4 days? Is the SDOT realy to lazy to pick it up? Someone could get killed.

Noelle January 12, 2012 (2:25 pm)

Are Humming birds in Western Washington year round? I thought they were here in Spring & Summer only.

amalia January 12, 2012 (3:18 pm)

Anna’s stay year-round. Rufous hummingbirds are the other common species in western WA and they are migrants (they winter south). I love bird questions :).

Melanie January 12, 2012 (4:47 pm)

Amalia, heard of any Snowy Owl sightings nearby???

Good for you January 12, 2012 (5:06 pm)

Mine are very demanding in the winter months when food is not so plentiful and when I’m home, I find myself making trips in and out of the house with warmed food every half hour or so when it’s really cold (snowing or below freezing). They will buzz by my head and scold me each time I take their food in to warm it up in the microwave and again as return to replace it with the warmed food. As soon as I re-hang the feeder, the senior male will take up residence on it until another one comes to challenge him and then all the females and young males fight for the vacated feeder, but they are so busy fighting they hardly get any themselves. They are amazing to watch and I was so happy that in the past I got a few shots of them feeding while the snow was coming down behind them and also one with of my favorites is one sitting on a snow covered Japanese maple branch. So many people are surprised when they see the pictures and find out I took them in my back yard as they did not realize we have resident hummingbirds all year round.

Good for you January 12, 2012 (5:07 pm)

Great picture Melanie! Thanks for sharing.

amalia January 12, 2012 (5:50 pm)

I am absolutely ashamed to admit, Melanie, that I haven’t seen a snowy during this irruption! But if you go to the Tweeters list archives (http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/TWET.html) and search on snowy owl you’lll find dozens of sightings. The most dependable ones are pretty far (but hey, at least not the tundra!).
Good luck!
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Good for you- I see you also like the winter “feeder wars” :)

Melanie January 13, 2012 (7:48 pm)

Amalia, I went to Ocean Shores today. Saw and photographed the owls. They are like little magical dolls. Everyone should go see them. I was at Damon Pt Oceans Shores.

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