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The days are getting luxurioulsy long. It is staying light until a bit past 8pm. That means that i can get the Lab out for an early evening walk that benefits the both of us. He gets to get some exercise before bed, I and I get the excercise and a bit of birding in.…

We made positive ID’s on 44 species in March 2022. In addition to bringing our year to more than 100 species, we also made 7 new Life Bird ID’s. Life birds are marked with an asterisk. We are off to a very strong year. Downy Woodpecker Mar-3-22 Bray Belted Kingfisher Mar-5-22 Prickly Pear FAS Pileated…

Friday morning dawned cool and overcast. So, I walked Obi for a just a bit locally and hit the road. As I came around the bend in the road and caught my first glimpse of the lake, I was disappointed not to see any white geese or swans on the water. The reports from Freezeout…

We made positive ID’s on only 5 species in January 2022. It was cold and windy- alot. So getting out in the good birding areas was a bit more challenging that ususal, and we had a such a strong January, I think we had simply found most of what we were going to find when…

We made positive ID’s on 56 species in January 2022. Considering we typically hit about 200 species for the year, that’s a pretty good count. And a very nice start. Common RedpollBlack-billed MagpiePeregrine FalconMountain ChickadeeHouse FinchBlack-capped ChickadeeAmerican CrowBohemian WaxwingRock PigeonCommon MerganserCanada GooseMallardWood duckCommon RavenRing-necked DuckNorthern FlickerRough-legged hawkBald EagleRed-tailed HawkEurasian Collared DoveMourning DoveAmerican Tree SparrowGreat Horned…

I was walking the pup at lunchtime today. The wind was howling and snow was blowing, but the Labrador doesn’t care. About a mile into the walk, I caught a movement out of the corner of my left eye. I glanced up – expecting a magpie. Instead, I saw a robin sized grey, black and…

My beloved middle daughter (not to be confused with either my beloved youngest or oldest daughter) dug down deep into her genes and found she needs an occasional road trip. She comes by those genes very naturally. I had a major case of wanderlust for a very long time. Career and responsibility have blunted my…

Jan 8 and 9 found us thinking that our luck might be running pretty warm. So, we struck out both days to ‘see what we could see’. January 8 gave up a Great Blue Heron, a Golden Eagle, Northern Harrier, and another first for my daughter- a Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker. We stopped along an agricultural…

Seeing as we had the time- we spent a bit of Jan 2 and 3 trying to improve our year list. We thought, perhaps, if we went up into the hills one more time, we might find Grey Crowned Rosy Finches. They had been being seen on a sporadic basis near a local ski area.…

Calendar year 2021 is over. I’ve herad some folks say that 2022 is going to be just 2020-too. I hope not, but a lot remains to be seen. The pandemic is reving up, not simmering down. I guess we just stay buckled up- the ride isn’t over. So, that means finding solice in nature is…