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 … Read More…
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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 … Read More…
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 … Read More…
For the first time ever, I participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, going on through tomorrow, Feb. 16. Here are the instructions … Read More…
Today over lunch I heard the warbles of a house finch in the pine tree just outside our dining room window. Those long trills, meandering up and down, as if they could go on forever. Ahhhh! Instantly I felt warmer, … Read More…