Category Archives: Birds

Here’s one thing I’ll definitely miss about our house in Cary. This is the list of birds I spotted from my study window. American Goldfinch (5/1/06) American Redstart (8/29/07) American Robin (5/1/06) American Tree Sparrow (12/6/06) Bald Eagle (1/19/14) Baltimore … Continue reading →

aphelocoma (from apheles, smooth, and kome, hair) woodhouseii (named for Samuel Washington Woodhouse, American naturalist and explorer ) Sunday, April 28, 2002 Route 115 west of Fort Carson — Colorado Springs, Colorado One of the interesting things about the hobby … Continue reading →

I’m not tone deaf — I can recognize individual songs — but I am tone challenged. I once bought a harmonica and learned two tunes: “Amazing Grace,” and “Red River Valley.” For years afterwards, those were the only two songs … Continue reading →

“I didn’t invite him. I thought you invited him.” “Not me. I’ve never seen the guy before.” “Well, he’s here. Somebody must have invited him.”

Raucous cawing in the backyard alerted me to a mobbing. Two crows had found a Great Horned Owl in a treetop two yards down. I watched for about 20 minutes, and it was still going on when I went inside. … Continue reading →