John E. Riutta

Last night as I was sitting at the dinner table with my family, I felt a sudden pressure in the center of my chest. It wasn’t a sharp pain, characteristic of indigestion, but a dull, difficult to locate, painful squeezing sensation. Lasting less than a minute, it immediately grabbed my undivided attention. It stopped me […]

One of life’s great truths is that if you suddenly discover that your head is directly above your tail, you may have bigger problems than you think. Peace and good bird watching.

Spend sufficient time exploring the blogosphere and you are likely to come to the conclusion that there are some superb blogs that excel at communicating through words and some others that transmit their messages through the use of photos; however there are precious few that achieve greatness in both media. For this reason, I added […]

One of the challenges in living thirty miles away from the nearest wild bird or backyard nature supply shop is that of obtaining high quality seed – especially black oil sunflower seed. While bags marked as such are readily available in the local market, the content of those bags leaves much to be desired. Take, […]