Any bird watcher will tell you that identifying warblers is hard. Next to impossible sometimes. I’ve just stumbled across a beautiful blog from Ontario that currently offers pictures and information on some warblers on her latest post. If you’re interested in warblers – and most birders are – then take …
It’s a cold, rainy Friday here. I’m listening to a yard full of red-winged blackbirds who sing the same song over, and over, and over from dawn to dusk. It doesn’t matter to them if it’s raining or not, they’re still singing! A cheerful note was added to my day …
A sparrow is apparently the culprit behind a fire at a shop in Lincolnshire, England that caused £250,000 ($450,000 Cdn) worth of damage. At first, the owner of the store and the fire brigade were at a loss as to what started the blaze. An investigation immediately after the fire …
The yard this morning is filled with hundreds of Bohemian waxwings. They’re in all the trees, all the bushes and on the fences. It’s noisy out there! They have temporarily displaced a yard full of American robins who are not quiet this time of year either. It’s been a great …
It’s been a very white spring here in the west. As loathe as I am to admit it, it’s now the second day of April, and no matter which window I look out of, I see snow. Piles of snow. Sigh. Fortunately, up and down the foothills, birdwatchers are reporting …
Happy Spring! Today is officially the first day of spring, and in many parts of the country, it’s been a long time coming. Just after dawn this morning, I was levitated out of my bed by a very loud bird noise in the back yard. At the very least it …