Among the Haida people of the Pacific Northwest, the hummingbird is considered to be a symbol of good luck or good fortune. Spotting a hummingbird just before undertaking a new endeavor was thought to be an auspicious omen. As the Anna’s Hummingbird, Calypte anna, overwinters in northwest Oregon, we have the opportunity to partake in […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
Photos from the Snow Storm I
If you follow the weather news, you might have noticed reports indicating that the snow here in the Pacific Northwest has been piling up, as we say in Scappoose, “nose deep on the Buddha.” (Well, actually I’m the only one who says that but I’m trying to start a trend.) As a result, we have […]
Wadja Get?
This being Boxing Day (appropriate greetings to all the Born Again Bird Watcher readers from commonwealth nations), the gifts of Christmas Eve and Christmas – according to varying traditions – have now been opened and the holiday rush and scurry now exists solely in memories and photographs. But about those gifts… inquiring readers as well […]
Hauskaa Joulua!
Gesëende Kersfees Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah Feliz Navidad Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan Zalig Kerstfeast Merry Christmas Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad Joyeux Noel Froehliche Weihnachten Mele Kalikimaka Gledileg Jol Buone Feste Natalizie Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto Sung Tan Chuk Ha Linksmu Kaledu Hauskaa Joulua No matter […]