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After the wild swings of temperature that we all endured this winter, it is hard to imagine that spring could really be in the cards. But there is no stopping the seasonal changes that come about from Earth’s rotation around the sun. The days are...
Each morning for the last week or so, our neighborhood has seemed to echo in bird song. The cheerful “PEA-ter, PEA-ter, PEA-ter” of a resident tufted titmouse has been serenading us on our dog walks. Sometimes a song sparrow joins the chorus, and...
Seagull. It’s a term that we probably all grew up hearing and using. Most people still do. Birders, on the other hand, never say “seagull.” In fact, when many birders hear the term “seagull” are prone to utter the infamous pronouncement, “There is...
We don’t want to sound too boastful but it appears our prediction about where the Steller’s sea-eagle was going to be seen again was right. A few columns ago ( https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/sea-eagle-invisibility-shows-why-study-bird-...
We feel quite fortunate to have been viewing regularly, since late December, one or more of our favorite winter hawks—the rough-legged hawk. The bird (or birds) have become part of the scenery we enjoy as we bird our way along a large, open farmland...