5/2

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

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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.

4/30

This poor female Hooded Merganser looked like a Monday morning that started Friday night.

4/29

comments? 👉 bird.o.the.day@gmail.com The osprey didn't flinch when the massive crane swung overhead!

4/28

Sleeping together but separately. I hope they worked it out, whatever it was.

4/27

“I see London, I see France…”

4/26

Catherine Endicott, one of We Happy Few, was chasing condors in California, but sometimes you have to settle for the consolation prize.

4/25: Happy Birthday, Joyce!

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

4/24

Seagull Pose, a variation of Tree Pose. Photo by Karen Cowgill.

4/23

We are traveling today. Enjoy this cartoon by Tommy Siegel.

4/22

Mom told them to look both ways.

4/21

1.25 Golden-crowned Sparrows