John E. Riutta

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the ones most often neglected. Take buying a gift for your favorite bird watcher. Time and again I am asked “What type of bird feeder should I buy for a friend who’s really into bird watching?” My answer to them is nearly always the same: “Don’t buy a bird feeder […]

Santa dropped by the house the other day. While it is not uncommon for him to stop by in May or June for a bit of birding out on Sauvie Island followed by an iced tea out on our back porch afterward, at this time of year he normally only makes his customary midnight visit […]

One of the things that so often amazes me whenever I talk with one of the estimated forty-seven million plus bird watchers practicing their favorite hobby throughout the United States is just how many of them have yet to subscribe to one of the many fine bird watching magazines published here. To my way of […]

I received word late last night that one of the best friends I have ever known had died. I will resume my series of Christmas posts tomorrow – today my heart is simply too heavy to write. Alas, poor Yorick!I knew him, Horatio,a fellow of infinite jest,of most excellent fancy.He hath bore me on his […]