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Hardy Winter Citizens
My header images these days contain pictures of the birds that come to our feeders. I thought I’d do a post that matches up the images with their species. There are currently eight…
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The Birds Our Teachers
“Many Christians have a good doctrine of redemption, but need a better doctrine of creation,” writes John Stott at the start of The Birds Our Teachers. Because God reveals himself in his works,…
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Pond walk
I’m considering starting a separate blog for nature posts. The idea of a second site to maintain has never really appealed to me before, but I seem to have so many photos and…
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Nesting News
Mrs. Robin has laid a full clutch of eggs under our noses. Her nest is awfully near the ground, and awfully near the front door. But we’re all on the alert against predators…
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New-to-us Bird: Brown Thrasher
This fellow sang from the treetop where Older Daughter and I went looking for warblers. He’s a good-sized bird with a rich, cinnamon-colored back and an incredible repertoire of song phrases. When we…
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Back yard nature notes
Mrs. Pileated visited our back yard this morning and brightened the overcast for a little while. Obviously I haven’t mastered the art of photographing birds in flight. But even blurred, the pattern of…
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Hunting redtails, bathing sparrows, and birding humor
I couldn’t believe how close this hawk came to us in the woods today. It was amazing to see him hunting at such close range! He seemed to catch something, floundered around in…
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Birds and blooms pt. 1
I’ve seen a few birds out and about lately. We’ve had a return to some chilly, overcast, damp weather that hasn’t been conducive to venturing into the great outdoors, but whenever possible we’ve…
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Right place, right time…
The girls and I were thrilled to discover a pileated woodpecker nest! Both adult woodpeckers were at the entrance when we caught sight of it. This is the male, and he is probably…
