Hi all, This handsome Red-breasted Sapsucker showed up in our yard today. And, by the way, Mom Anna's Hummingbird has survived the snow, wind, cold weather and all predators and is still awaiting the hatchlings. (We live on Beacon Hill in Seattle, WA. We don't...
We have an Anna’s Hummingbird nesting in our Italian Plum outside our bedroom window. She’s about 3 feet across the tree from where she successfully nested last year. This year it’s a string of indignities. Here she sees a cat walking under the tree. You can...
I arrived in Seattle in 1976 and late that winter in ‘77 I saw a juvenile Golden Eagle with a clear white subterminal band on the tail perched on driftwood in the Skagit Wildlife Recreation area marsh near Conway, WA. Today Delia and I went...
Delia and I and a friend went out to the Snoqualmie Valley to the Stillwater Wildlife Management Area to see if we could add to our state-bird-year-list today. Turns out, we couldn’t. Our list is at 92, a mid-Feb total that's paltry by serious WA Bird-lister...
Delia and I were back in New Mexico’s southern “bootheel” yet again for the holidays. Things were calm down there, perhaps overly so weatherwise. This weather system shown assaulting the cliffs on the north side of the canyon was only good for ¼ inch of...
Nov. 13, 2010 This male Anna's Hummingbird was preening in the backyard for a while while another was foraging. They sure seem to be spending alot more time at the feeder now that nature is winding down for winter....
Nov. 13, 2010 This male Anna's Hummingbird was preening in the backyard for a while while another was foraging. They sure seem to be spending alot more time at the feeder now that nature is winding down for winter....