The first winter storm of the season came in the other day and it changed everything in the backyard. With blowing snow and temps in the single digits, the birds got to work with an urgency that wasn’t present a few days ago. They’ll feed most of the day and endure the cold nights. Backyard … Read more
I’ll just come right out and say it…most of the time, the world is a real sh*t show. There is a crisis or catastrophe around every corner. I guess in retrospect, it’s always been this way, but you would be hard pressed to find a time when it was more consistently thrown in your face. … Read more
We had some great backyard bird production this year…many youngsters of all varieties so I’m happy about that. Of interest of late is this immature Redheaded Woodpecker. We’ve seen adults often over the last few years, but never had an jimmy showing up like this one does. It has just one little red spot on … Read more
As spring goes, the backyard has been active with all of our year-rounders. Cardinals, Jays, finches of various kinds come around daily. Some have been lying lower than normal. I caught this Red Belly in a good spot the other day, and was happy with that. This morning though seemed to be like a grand … Read more
If I must confess, I have a few bias’s in the backyard. I won’t admit to an outright favorite bird because I wouldn’t want to offend any of them. They are all greatly appreciated. But when it comes to outright, stunning beauty…the Redhead would be star. Flying, or in repose, they bring a color and … Read more
Of late I’ve been seeing a lot of a particular Red-bellied Woodpecker. She is, or appears to be a little different than most of the other ones around…a little paler, more gray…and is just stunning to see up close. My photograph, as usual, doesn’t really do them enough justice for how good they look to … Read more