While sitting at my desk in the library this afternoon, I heard a squeaking sound from just outside the slightly opened window. Deep within the barberry bush that grows there was a Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) busily foraging amongst the thorny branches and sounding for all the world like a small squeeze toy. My wife has […]
Born Again Bird Watcher Archive
The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
Froglife: Conserving Amphibians and Reptiles Since 1989
While listening to BBC 4 Radio’s wonderful “World on the Move” program (on podcast, of course), I discovered the existence of an organization with which I was not previously familiar: Froglife. Froglife is a UK wildlife charity based in Peterborough that is committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles. With the spring migration underway […]
Mysterious Furry Hummingbird Captured on Video
While downloading the SD card from my Wingscapes BirdCam this evening, I discovered something truly amazing – I had captured an unknown species of hummingbird on video. It doesn’t appear in any of the bird guides I own so I’m posting it for public comment in case anyone out there might be able to identify […]
Because We Could All Use a Good Laugh
Not to embarrass her but to give her proper credit, I shall call the discoverer of the following superb sequence of jocular philosophical answers to the age old question about the chicken Ms. Scott. Reprinted here following much laughter and with sincere gratitude for sharing her excellent humor with all the subscribers to BIRDCHAT. Question: […]