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Oriole And Crab Apple Blooms

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It will be interesting to see if we have another banner year with the orioles in the backyard.  2019 was a stellar one for backyard birding in my neck of the woods.  Perhaps it was the fairly consistent and abundant rains that helped.  Vibrant, colorful, flowering trees were seemingly everywhere and the Orchard and Baltimore’s … Read more

The Feast – Bald Eagle

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It doesn’t happen every year, but sometimes, at our local lock and dam near Muscatine, you’ll find a particular eagle that dominates the lock chamber.  There’s water in there…it’s calm, and it get’s a fish coming through now and then…and this big bird takes advantage of that.  Due to it’s size and demeanor I’m pretty … Read more

Social Distancing Is Nothing New

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I’ve been practicing social distancing, long before it became a buzzword, and a new way of life for most people these days.  Thing is, it’s not really a new thing at all…nature uses it all the time.  Take for instance this happening from a few years ago.  You have a really popular perch…and a fair … Read more

Leftovers – Bald Eagle

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You have to hand it to the eagle…sometimes they just aren’t picky.  From observation, I think some birds prefer fresh fish…they’ll wait patiently for the right opportunity to hunt a live and floppy fish, plucked right from the water.  In other cases, some individuals are a lot less finicky.  Fish, long expired, but trapped in … Read more