Author: The Roost

OSPREY, the Migratory Piscivore Dr. James J. S. Johnson While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22 Migrating birds remind me of what God said in Genesis 8:22, about the predictability of annual seasons. It’s really amazing if you […]

OSPREY, the migratory piscivore — Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures Plus

Photo by Chris Bosak — Bobolink in New England, May 2022. One of the highlights of the post-spring migration rush in New England is to visit a field in New England where bobolinks nest. Luckily, I have one fairly close to where I live — Happy Landings in Brookfield, Connecticut. The bobolinks’ bubbly song (which […]

A walk among bobolinks — Birds of New England.com

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Today, more portraits of Great Horned Owls. My friend Dan, who seems to know where every nesting pair of Great Horned Owls in the Tucson metropolitan area is located, invited me one evening a couple of weeks […]

Great Horned Owls — Family Portraits — Sonoran Images

Photo Album Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Brown-headed Cowbird (Female) Molothrus ater American Goldfinch (Male) Carduelis tristis Brown-headed Cowbird (Male) Molothrus ater European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Eastern Towhee (Male) Pipilo erythrophtalmus Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla © HJ Ruiz – Avian101

My Photos of Birds # 4 — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

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Magpie and Fox It seems we now have a resident Fox, who has stayed in the fox hotel three nights in a row and likes to take breakfast in the hog cafe. We are treating the fox with medication to try and sort out the early signs of mange around the tail. The magpie keeps […]

MAGPIE AND FOX — Wildonline.blog

Yesterday, I posted a video of a male ruby-throated hummingbird using a bush by the window as a shelter from the rain. Here are a few shots of the little beauty. Here’s the video in case you missed it.

A few more hummingbird shots — Birds of New England.com

“Roll up, roll up folks.  Come and see the amazing spring.  One day only, be sure not to miss it.  roll up roll up” Perhaps I’m being a bit pessimistic but our little bit of England, whilst being ‘green and pleasant’, has been a bit, er, ‘under the weather’.  Others have been ok, over here […]

Visiting Old Friends — Butterflies To Dragsters

You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Recently, I encountered a pair of Common Ravens. I find these birds often to be wary in the presence of humans. For that reason, they are usually very difficult to photograph. However, this pair appeared to be […]

Common Ravens — A Conversation — Sonoran Images