Even though it was a nice, sunny day at the suet feeder, there was an uneasiness in the air. The juncos could sense it. Something was just not right. It was as if a malevolent presence was lying just out of sight – waiting. But try as they might, they just couldn’t find the source […]
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Evening Grosbeaks Spice Up Winter’s Grey Days
Here in the great northwest, winter has been fully underway for months. Grey rainy day has followed grey rainy day. The deciduous trees have long ago relinquished their leaves and even the evergreens are beginning to show an ashen-hue to their increasingly misnamed foliage. As if coordinated to match the season, the juncos, the kinglets, […]
Knee Deep in the Poop-la
That’s where visiting, as well as resident, bird watchers in Cape May, New Jersey may find themselves unless they watch their steps. As most know by now, Cape May has a feral cat problem – problem being defined as large colonies of feral cats in and around the city, including near significant shorebird breeding areas. […]
Another Noteworthy Column by Harry Eyres in the FT
Bird watching readers of the Financial Times will find Harry Eyres’ present week-end column in that fine newspaper to be of particular interest. In “New Gang of Friends,” Mr. Eyres shares his impressions of the new feathered friends he has met while jounreying through California – once again bringing bird watching into the main stream […]