Tonight’s Performance
Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we are honored to bring you… (cue music from “Rocky.”) Vultro il Magnifico! Defying death while he perilously balances on the frailest of fallen logs… Risking wing… Continue reading
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Smith Oaks Rookery
Six years ago I went on a birding bus trip and got to see the Smith Oaks Rookery in High Island, Texas. It was amazing to see of hundreds of giant nests stacked… Continue reading
Way Better Than Half-Priced Candy
Our family tradition is to celebrate holidays a day or two after their real date, so that we can wait and buy the candy for half price. This year for Valentine’s Day, we… Continue reading
The Beauty of Little Brown Birds
This winter I have been very inspired by the work of nature writer Florence A. Merriam. She was the first to write about observing birds alive in the field, rather than relying on… Continue reading
Waterside Supper with Riparian Entertainments
(With thanks to Hyacinth Bucket and her memorable announcements.) (Strictly speaking, some of these are “Marine Entertainments” rather than “Riparian.” ) On Christmas Day, my husband and I went birding on the Texas… Continue reading
Twelve Days of Christmas, National Elk Refuge Style
In March of 2013, my husband and I took a trip to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and we took a tour of the National Elk Refuge. I finally got around to editing those photos,… Continue reading
Bird Species 92
There is a bird up there somewhere. Let me zoom in for you. This is very exciting — this is the 92nd species I have documented on our farm over the last 7… Continue reading
Beneath My Feet
Sometimes as I walk in the woods, I see a tell-tale splash of white on bark and fallen leaves, that tells me a large bird has been roosting in the tree above. Then… Continue reading
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
For the last few weeks, whenever I walked past a certain thicket, I would hear a Geiger-counter of a scolding start up. I would think that any bird scolding me for encroaching on… Continue reading
Bird Quiz Answers
Here are the answers to yesterday’s quiz on out-dated bird names, as found in a 1988 US government report. 1 — burrion goes with picture E, the House Finch. (This is a female.) … Continue reading