Where all the bird news comes to roost!
Set # 214 Stilt Sandpipers Stilt Sandpipers The Stilt Sandpiper breeds in the open arctic tundra of North America. It is a long-distance migrant, wintering mainly in northern South America. It occurs as a rare vagrant in western Europe, Japan and northern Australia. Roseate Spoonbill Roseate Spoonbill The Roseate Spoonbill is sometimes placed in its […]
Photography of Birds – Set # 214 — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101
Photo by Chris Bosak A cedar waxwing looks for berries in a park in New England, January 2021. Cedar waxwings are a favorite bird of many people as they are one of the more interesting-looking birds we have in New England. Many people may wonder where it gets its unique name. As the photo shows, […]
Cedar waxwing’s namesake wingtips — Birds of New England.com
By Lavender
Oh dear, poor Cheeks, it seems she’s not at all amused with what mom has presented to her in her food bowl.
Catch up with Cheeks here to see her reaction to this food catastrophe!
Happy New Year everybirdie!
It seems Morty, Roomba and Alexa had quite the entertaining Christmas, getting into some (anticipated) Christmas pickles!
Catch up with Morty and the gang here and read about the aftermath of their Christmas – and the fate of mom’s new bonsai trees.
Happy New Year!
Sherri’s January ’21 column celebrates upcoming Bird Holidays that all birdie parronts and birdie lovers in general should know about and get ready for!
Head on over to Feathered Frenzy to read about and mark your virtual calendars for upcoming important Birdie Dates in 2021!
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. We’re down to my two favorite images of 2020. Today’s image has a dual significance for me. I not only like the subject and the composition but that I was able to make it at all constitutes […]
Ten Favorite Images of 2020 — # 2, Lesser Long-nosed Bat In Our Backyard — Sonoran Images
I’m not going to try some cliched introduction for 2020; everybody knows what this year has been like for all of us. Let’s focus on the birds instead. I seem to say this in every Review, but this year was, once again, my best year of birding in Rači Potok and Horný Bankov. I even […]
Review of 2020 — Košice Patch Birding
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Back in February Louisa and I found ourselves driving on a rural dirt road a couple of days after a heavy winter rain. Most of the rainfall had already evaporated but there were still a few puddles […]
Ten Favorite Images Of 2020 — # 9, Least Sandpipers — Sonoran Images
Hello, dears! AHHH MERRY CHRISTMAS! 😀 😀 😀 I’m scheduling this post so I can’t tell you about our celebrations yet, but I hope your day is/was wonderful! Anyway, I wanted to post something Christmasy, so I decided to go with a wintry photoshoot along with some of my favorite Christmas songs. Enjoy, my friends! […]
A Frosty Christmas Photoshoot + Playlist — A Farm Girl’s Life
You may enlarge any image in this blog by clicking on it. Click again for a detailed view. Louisa and I spent most of our lives living in the eastern United States, moving to Tucson only about a decade ago. There’s only one species of hummingbird that one usually sees in the East, the Ruby-throated […]
Ten Favorite Images of 2020 — # 6, Preening Costa’s Hummingbird — Sonoran Images
Managed by NatureScot
Commentary, Reviews and Nature Photography
Weekly tips & tricks for your garden and home!
by Michael Cook
Photography by Mark Pouley
Notes and photographs of my morning walks at Seagroves Farm Park in Apex, NC.
The Roost 