One of my favorite obsessions in recent springs is watching online nest cams. This week, in between packing and then moving, I consoled myself by stealing a few moments to watch miniature fluffy dinosaurs shuffling and sleeping and eating while … Read More…
Tag Archives: birds
I caught my first-ever glimpse of Arkansas this week—a quick trip to attend a wedding in Calico Rock, in the Arkansas Ozarks at the far north of the state. Beautiful country! We stayed in a cabin peeking between trees, perched … Read More…
The tale is an old one: a thirsty raven drops stones into a pitcher to raise the water level so she can drink. The story was told by Pliny the Elder, a naturalist in the Roman Empire of the first … Read More…
I am upstairs getting ready to head out the door for the evening when my cell phone buzzes. “There’s a new bird at the feeder.” My sweetie’s voice from downstairs has that taut, measured tone that tells me he’s excited. … Read More…
Near the end of our birding-by-ear hike this morning, Eric, the ornithologist from Open Space and Mountain Parks, stepped over to a small tree beside the trail and asked, “Does anyone know who this belongs to?” It was a small … Read More…
I’m happy to announce that this week’s post “Deliver me in a black-winged bird: meeting an eagle” appears in the 100th edition of Nature Blog Network’s “I and the Bird” blog carnival. … Read More…
Midnight blue water rested at the horizon under a brightening sky, framing shafts of pine and fir at shore’s edge. It was a July dawn in 1995, and I was visiting Lopez Island, off the coast of Seattle, birdwatching. Bald … Read More…