Tag Archives: birds

Birds were here first

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Having had my heart stolen by a cockatoo (yesterday’s story), I was delighted to discover the YouTube star Snowball, who made his debut a couple of years ago dancing to the Backstreet Boys: Snowball made a splash because we don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged animal behavior, birds, cockatoos, Frans de Waal | 2 Comments

Pearly finds a home

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

My friend Meredith and I were near the end of our Saturday birdwalk at the Coyote Hills Regional Park wetlands along the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The November morning was crisp, and we’d enjoyed the usual show of white-crowned sparrows, … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged bird rescue, birding, birds, birdwatching, cockatoos | 4 Comments

Sunday birding notes

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

A beautiful, cloudless bright day today with a stiff breeze–which made for a quiet day of birding. Five miles outside of Boulder at Walden Ponds–open pits from gravel mining fifty years ago that filled with water and are now a … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged birding, birds, birdwatching, great horned owl | 1 Comment

10 reasons to shlep your laundry outdoors to dry

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Okay, it may not be spring yet, but here in Boulder we’ve been having a two-week warm streak. Yesterday, in 70 degrees, I hung laundry on the line strung across our second-floor deck while house finches trilled in the pines … Continue reading →

Posted in nature, spirituality, writing | Tagged birds, global warming, poetry, saving energy, writing | 4 Comments

Sundays with eagles

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

Last Sunday morning I joined a group that met at the reservoir a few miles outside of town to watch for raptors. Since moving to Boulder a couple years ago I’ve become a fan of winter birding. Raptors abound, and … Continue reading →

Posted in education, nature, writing | Tagged birding, birds, birdwatching, eagles | 3 Comments

Birds are moving north

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

When I was a child, the indisputable sign of spring was my father triumphantly announcing, “I saw a robin today!” We lived in the Great Lakes area, west of Toledo, Ohio, where the damp cold of winter seeped into your … Continue reading →

Posted in nature | Tagged birding, birds, birdwatching, climate change, global warming, meadowlarks, robins | 1 Comment

Great Backyard Bird Count 2009

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Priscilla Stuckey, PhD

For the first time ever, I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, going on through tomorrow, Feb. 16. Here are the instructions

Posted in education, nature | Tagged birding, birds, birdwatching | 7 Comments