End of the season
The early spring migrants are showing up one-by-one: Chipping Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, Yellow-rumped Warbler. The Harris’s and...
Spring arrivals
Spring is in the air! After seeing the same group of feeder visitors from November through February, March has brought some new birds to...
Project FeederWatch season extended!
This news just came in from the team at Project FeederWatch... We've extended the season! We have some exciting news for all FeederWatch...
A summary of sparrows
I do love sparrows. There are really only eight native sparrows we’re likely to encounter at feeders in winter in our area. Towhees and...
Brrrrr!
It’s hard to imagine how the tiny black-capped chickadee and other small birds survive the kind of extreme cold we endured last week. But...
A profusion of purple
Usually the number of Purple Finches on my weekly count runs between 1 and 4, but they’ve increasing steadily over the past 3 weeks....
