Its hard to find much of an upside to November and early December sometimes, unless you’re given over to the holidays, or birding. Or deer hunting. Even though its a damp, cold, gray day the feeders are busier than usual … Continue reading
Category Archives: Birds
On Sundays, we visit my mom who is in a wonderful apartment in an assisted living facility. Truth be told, after raising my siblings and me she certainly has earned the right to a little extra TLC. However, on Sundays … Continue reading
While the spring bird migration seems to explode across the landscape bringing birds that are brightly colored and singing loudly, the movement of birds in fall seems to me to be more of a creeping thing. Certainly radar indicates that … Continue reading
One of the most common birds in urban areas is the house sparrow, which is not technically a sparrow in the ornithological sense, but a weaver finch. They are a bird which originated in Eurasia. There are still local “wild” … Continue reading
It may not feel like it, but fall is well underway. Unlike day-to-day shifts in the weather, the overall change in season is subtle and prolonged. We see … Continue reading