On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Bird Notes and Observations
We had limited visibility when we reached the mixed open meadows near the picnic area After yesterday’s exciting report of the cuckoo on Harbor Mountain, I was inspired to get up there last yesterday evening. I had limited time, and was not able to find the bird in the hour or so I was up … Read more
Photo by Eric Parker, used with permission I had a message this afternoon from Eric Parker, reporting that he and his wife Cathy had seen a very unusual looking bird up on Harbor Mountain near the picnic area. They were able to get many photos as they watched it fly from various perches down to … Read more
Yesterday while up at Blue Lake, a pair of Red-throated Loons came into the little cove at the very lower end of the lake around the corner from the dam. Earlier this month I had seen them there as well, though at that time they did not stick around long, nor did they approach so … Read more
Connor first noticed the female Anna’s Hummingbird flying under the porch about a month ago (I think), but we weren’t quite sure what it was doing. Over the past couple of days when Rowan has been outside, she got some good looks at it, and said it seemed to be sticking its bill in the … Read more
Earlier this week I got an e-mail from Liz McKenzie with some attached photos of a very white dove that had started visiting her feeding station with a Eurasian Collared-Dove. At first I thought it was a leucistic Eurasian Collared-Dove, with a majority of its feathers and exposed bodyparts lacking much pigment. However, coincidentally, earlier … Read more
It was a blustery rainy day with temperatures in the 40s. Rain wasn’t steady, instead moving through in squalls, some of them fairly fierce as the day went on into night. I returned home from being out to a message from a fellow who had found a banded bird dead in his feeder. I called … Read more