Texas Hill Country Trip Report
posted over 2 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
Greetings, Eons birders! Apologies for the delay in updating my blog. I’ve been away on a birding trip and just got back. I was co-guiding a small group tour of the Texas Hill Country, west of San Antonio and Austin. This ecologically unique area,...
Bluebirds of Happiness
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
If ever there was a living reminder that happiness is right here waiting for us in each moment, it’s the bluebirds. Members of the thrush family, which includes the American Robin along with magnificent singers like the Wood Thrush and Hermit Thru...
The Incredible Journey
posted over 2 years ago, updated 4 minutes later | 5 comments
Imagine running fast and hard all night long and into the next day across a featureless landscape, with little more than your intuition and experience to guide you. Predators that will take you out in a flash can appear at any time and you are com...
Attracting and Feeding Hummingbirds
posted over 2 years ago, updated 6 days later | 2 comments
What’s not to love about Hummingbirds?! The faeries of the bird world, they are as brave and beautiful as they are tiny. To fuel their mighty wing muscles -- an average-sized hummer’s wings beat about 50 times per second in normal flight -- hummer...
The Hummers are Coming!
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Birders used to think that, unless you lived in southern Arizona or along the Pacific coast, you could only feed and observe hummingbirds during the all-too-brief time of year when flowers are in bloom in your area. But this belief is erroneous! A...
Timberdoodles!
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Whos’ got the wild-and-craziest springtime mating act of any North American bird? Very possibly the funky, chunky Timberdoodle, aka the American Woodcock. If you live east of the Mississippi River (roughly from southeastern Manitoba across to part...
Putting Up Nest Boxes
posted over 2 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 1 comment
If you’re thinking of putting up a nest box or two to attract and observe the fascinating behavior of nesting birds, now is the time to get the project underway! While birds use nest boxes as roosting spots during the colder months, they’re now ac...
Signs of Spring!
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Have you felt the magic yet? Spring is literally “in the air” here in coastal Maine where I live. And probably where you live, too. The activities and sounds of birds are among the first and most conspicuous harbingers of the coming season of grow...
Got Owl?
posted over 2 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 0 comments
When’s the last time you saw an owl? Many birders might not be aware that smaller owls like the Eastern Screech-Owl or Western Screech-Owl could well be the most abundant raptor species in their area. Being for the most part secretive and nocturna...
Birds Do It…
posted over 2 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 5 comments
Remember that old Cole Porter standard, Let’s Do It? (Here’s the lyrics: view link).
I don’t know if birds fall in love the way we humans do. And I don’t think they’ve figur...
I don’t know if birds fall in love the way we humans do. And I don’t think they’ve figur...
