In the midst of all the craziness this year, it has been an absolute joy to share my porch with a pair of nesting wrens. A couple weeks ago, I noticed that they…
Our weather is warming up now, but a couple weeks ago we had a cold snap with temperatures in the low 20s. One of those cold mornings I went to the wetlands,…
First time I've ever seen a woodpecker's tongue! I'm not sure what kind of tongue I expected a woodpecker to have, but this was not it. :) After doing some…
Yesterday was my lucky day for animal portraits. I guess animal photography always has some element of luck to it. Sometimes it's the weather or light.…
Ringing in the new year with a bird bonanza. If this is any sign of the year to come, 2020 is going to be a good one! I've always liked wrens, but now I am…
When I'm out looking for birds and see something blue, usually it is an eastern bluebird. This time I lucked out and got to see my first indigo bunting. A bit…
Today after work I left one of our garage doors open for a little while, and two little gray catbird fledglings found their way into the garage! The poor things…
St. Andrews Park is a birdwatching paradise. I don't think I've ever seen so many different kinds of birds in such a small space of time before. There were…
The first time I saw a towhee, I thought it might be an oriole because of the orange and black coloring. Once I found out what it was, I started seeing them…
Our feeders have been busy lately, with a lot of familiar faces and a few new ones. Last winter we had a little sapsucker visiting our dogwood tree on a daily…
These aren't my sharpest captures, but red-winged blackbirds have been on my bucket list for such a long time. Such pretty birds! I don't see them often here,…
Above is my first picture of a ruby crowned kinglet, from last year - not the best photo, but can you see why I fell in love with that angry little face?! It…
When I first started tracking this little bird, I saw a tiny flash of yellow and black and thought it might be winter goldfinch. The body and wings are somewhat…
The first thing I heard as I was waking up this morning was the cry of a red shouldered hawk. There are several living in our neighborhood, and sometimes…