Birding Arizona and North America. Friday, February 3, 2017. Cardinals and Mudflats, Mudflats and Cardinals. Not as immediately recognizable or stunning, but more nuanced and arguably more attractive overall. Look pretty well, certainly better than I did that one fateful and liberating Halloween.

GARDEN GRUMBLES and CROSS STITCH FUMBLES and BIRDING BUMBLES. Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Starting off with the bright green leaves of the Elderberry - the Black-headed Grosbeaks will eat all the berries before they even ripen. Oregon Junco on a Hawthorne - the tree is beginning to bud. A clump of Iris tenax.

Thursday, March 15, 2018. Enjoying an Early Spring at Sauvie Island and Newport. Saint Helens from Rentenaar Road. It was nice to get YBSA for the state to complete our sapsucker set for Oregon. I miss seeing them reliably like we did when we lived back East, but at least we still manage to see them every year when we travel to Texas for the holidays. This one flew a circuit between only three or four trees, and never left the tiny perimeter it established for itself.

Thursday, December 7, 2017. Recently I had the opportunity to see Elvis in person. My friend Kathy asked if I would be interested in going to the. Fireside Dinner Theatre in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. We started early in the morning for our adventure. Kathy has been going there for shows for several years. She knew all the fun places to stop on our way up. We were there by noon to enjoy a wonderful lunch. So fun, just like we used to see.

I Used to Hate Birds. Back in high school and college I kept a little journal of quotes, mostly song lyrics but also lines from books I had read. This attention combined with the r.

Where my love of birds, nature, photography, art and poetry combine. Wednesday, February 7, 2018. 3 Rusty Blackbirds and a Blue Jay 1-18-18. These have become rare birds to see at anytime of the year. To have three show up in my yard is just amazing to me. You can learn more about the birds by clicking on the links at the end of this post. A Northern Cardinal with dark-eyed juncos beneath one of my backyard feeders.

Sunday, February 26, 2017. They often perform some interesting gyrations to get just the right fruit. Last week a few showed up at the local city park to work over the last of the apples there. Sunday, January 29, 2017. If the wild bird could speak. Gene Clark - Polly Come Home.

Detailing the many birding expeditions and field trips with photos and information about birds and their distribution. Some trips can cover several days, while some may only consist of a short 2 hour hike. Thursday, August 13, 2015. A trip to the mall led us through the double decker parking lot which was being used by Northern Rough-winged Swallows. We have this bird in Arizona and much of the United States as well, but I believe this might be a sub-species found in C.

Tuesday, July 21, 2015. The Saw Going Off at Night. He looked around when he heard an elk in the valley below us, and he also got a little nervous when a Great Horned Owl called. Sunday, July 12, 2015. Spotting the Best of the Best. That immediately confirmed that Spotted Owl is ind.