Because I just love the pink-butts, and because I had dozens and dozens in my yard the other day, I've decided to research them. This is the first of four posts; information on the three species follow. The order Passeriformes (perching birds)/the...

Sitting at my computer writing, I received an e-mail from my friend Bobby-O, who mentioned he had a large flock of Black Rosie-Finches in his yard. In that it had been snowing to beat the band, I half expected to see the Pink-Butts, but somehow didn't...

I’m counting birds on weekends, as a citizen scientist (don’t ya love that moniker?) for Project FeederWatch. I hope you are too…its fun! Last Saturday, while I was watching, a bullet flew through the yard and landed low in a tree. It was...

I was standing in the kitchen and happened to look up as every bird in the yard suddenly took cover; I couldn't see a single bird. Of course, this has happened enough times before that I knew what to do; pick up the binoculars and scan the trees! And,...

Oh goodie, it's snowing again; which almost always brings wonderful birds down to feed. Sometimes, birds I seldom otherwise see in my yard appear in bad weather ...though it's not that bad today. In really bad weather, I sometimes see Purple Finches...