Small Hawks Arriving for Winter
The raptors are coming, the raptors are coming! Fall is upon us, and migration is in full swing. The cliff swallows and orioles were moving in July, with warblers and […]
Bird With A Shiny Robe
Some birds just won’t do without a little pzzazz in their doing. Phainopeplas are among them, tip to tail. They are slight birds, the length of a pencil, and nearly […]
Songster of the Conifers–beautiful but invisible?
If you have entered the world of the conifers above the Central Valley, or throughout most of North America for that matter, you stand a good chance of having heard […]
Red-winged Blackbirds: Tule Tycoons
Nearly anywhere in the US, and throughout most of North America, pick your springtime pond or marsh or ditch–any place with a stand of tules or cattails–and you are apt […]
What’s the buzz? Could be a Chipping Sparrow
Quick! They’re passing through just now, so this is the time: check your feeders, walk your woodlands! The cutest little sparrows of North America are dressed up and on the […]