Cloudy to sunny skies, warming temps of 61-72 degrees with an abundance of bird song for mate attraction and territory defense. Pair bonding behavior and nest building activity observed. James Kendall (scope&camera), Ann Marshall (camera), Tonya Fannon (camera), Cassandra Margitan (camera) with Betty Kanne as scribe [...]
The American Pipit is a welcome winter visitor to our parks and open spaces with wide expanses of grassy scrubland. This diminutive songbird breeds in the most northerly arctic tundras and lofty arid mountain tops. Pipits then escape that increasingly frozen terrain in the fall, descending in noisy flocks to safely overwinter in our far [...]
Bright sunny skies, warming temps of 61-70 degrees with an abundance of bird song for mate attraction and territory defense. Pair bonding behavior and nest building activity observed [...]
Bright sunny skies, chilly to warming temps of 55-76 degrees with an abundance of bird song, calls, and feeding activity all around us. A sense of rapidly approaching spring breeding activity was evident by signs of courtship behavior and birdsong.James Kendall (scope&camera), Brian Bleecker (scope&camera), Tonya Fannon (camera), Jim Currie (camera), Ann Marshall (camera), Cassandra [...]
The Merlin is a small, powerfully built falcon known for its incredible speed, agility, and fierce hunting prowess. A fearsome hunter, this bird of prey specializes in rapid aerial ambushes of smaller birds. Historically, in medieval Europe they were used in falconry, being particularly favored by noblewomen for hunting skylarks, earning them the nickname “lady [...]
