Birds – Page 2

Sparrows After Rain

Plants aren’t the only creatures that benefit from a good rainfall. Rain softens the ground, washes away the layer of

The east owl resolved its site ambivalence this morning with a compromise. It chose a new site part way down

No display of expertise goes unpunished. Just yesterday I held forth about “site fidelity” as a quality of Burrowing Owls,

These male Red-winged Blackbirds have staked out the tallest branches of fennel in their neighborhood, and are advertising their advantages

Whatever kept the east owl in hiding yesterday morning, the bird has got over it. At 8 this morning, the

A small flock of American Wigeons, maybe twelve birds strong, has been keeping busy near the Schoolhouse Creek outfall in

Something is odd with the east owl. At 7:30, minutes after sunrise, it stood in its hiding place in the

Heavy fog in the morning. Even an owl probably couldn’t see very far. The east owl stood in its habitual

Photographer Phil Rowntree captured these shots of male Red-winged Blackbirds on January 7. That’s a good three weeks earlier than

Both owls were out around 9:45 this morning. The east owl puffed itself up almost into a ball and looked

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