Rose-breasted Grosbeak arrivals

Rose-breasted Grosbeak male We had a Rose-breasted Grosbeak show up at our feeders just a few hours after a friend had phoned us to say she ...

Yellow-rumps are here!

Yellow-rumped Warblers are one of the most common migrant warbler. Look for their tell-tale yellow rump, a no-brainer for their ID Yellow-ru...

Purple Finch Feast

We have had an influx of Purple Finches for the last two days. They seem to like our platform feeder which is filled with hulled sunflower...

Earth Day

"Prairie Fire" Crabapple in our garden. Amelanchiers produce berries in mid-summer. Today is Earth Day. The Earth Day network hop...

Hummingbirds Are Here!

Get out your hummingbird feeders! Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have arrived and been seen as far north as NH, where we live, also ME, VT, NY, ...

Spring "To Do" List

Baltimore Orioles can be attracted with orange halves, especially when they first arrive from migration. Later, when they're nesting, th...

The "Corgi Force"

Greetings from Blogger Phoebe, the Corgi, That's me on the right. My fans have been asking about me, so I thought it was time for a Corg...

Happy Easter

I photographed this Eastern Cottontail rabbit on our property a few years ago. Rabbits are not common where we live. We have seen cottontail...

Snow Goose

Woke up yesterday morning,vopened the blinds on our bedroom window, looked out over our view and saw a white blob down by the water. I went ...

American Woodcock

American Woodcock Feeds by probing in the muddy ground for earthworms Last night in our field, at dusk, we heard an American Woodcock callin...

Fox Sparrow

Yesterday we had 2 Fox Sparrows at our feeder. This is one of my favorite sparrows because it's so colorful (for a sparrow!) and we don...

Indigo Bunting & Spring Migration

I was thinking about bird migration and where to go to see major spring migration. Much songbird migration takes place from mid-April to mid...