Musings and Observations

Because, like so many of the fine and intelligent readers of Born Again Bird Watcher, I too consider myself as much of an overall naturalist as I consider myself a bird watcher, just about any nature-related current event catches and generally holds my attention. When news of such events comes to me through the channels […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]