Comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Some of my first birdy adventures were in East Rock Park, a large forest park on the east edge of New Haven, Connecticut. It’s always great to go back. A small stream, Mill River, runs through the park and attracts all sorts
comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com We went back to Connecticut and New York last week. Had a great time. Saw a few birds new to us that you’ll see here over the next few days. But no trip east is complete without a Northern Cardinal, and lucky
comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com Now here are a couple evolutionary successes. The plant, Horsetail, is what they call a “living fossil.” It hasn’t changed much in over 100 million years. It’s a tough one. Horsetails survived the Yucatan asteroid collision of 66 million years ago.
This poor female Hooded Merganser looked like a Monday morning that started Friday night.
comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com The osprey didn't flinch when the massive crane swung overhead!
Sleeping together but separately. I hope they worked it out, whatever it was.
“I see London, I see France…”
Catherine Endicott, one of We Happy Few, was chasing condors in California, but sometimes you have to settle for the consolation prize.
Today is the birthday of the other proprietor of this shebeen, my wife Joyce Erickson. We make for a pretty good team out there in birdland. She‘s better at spotting birds, I’m better at hearing them. As it’s nesting season, she’s paying particular attention to tree
Seagull Pose, a variation of Tree Pose. Photo by Karen Cowgill.
We are traveling today. Enjoy this cartoon by Tommy Siegel.
Mom told them to look both ways.