Birds
The capability to fly is remarkable. I’m amazed at how birds fly through the tree tops dodging limbs, fly in flocks without colliding, and fly thousands of miles to the same area to nest every spring.
With a bird as big as a Pileated Woodpecker, one would think differences between the male and female were obvious. However, until I read a…
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A bright flash of reddish-orange explodes from a tree trunk- a Northern Flicker taking flight. In the Pacific Northwest, the red-shafted Northern flicker is the…
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Bald eagle nests look huge. I found a bald eagle nest along the Kootenai River and wondered how big it was because my sense of…
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For a long time I heard a whistle-like bird song in the woods and couldn’t identify it. I heard the song in the woods around…
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Bottoms up! The tell-“tail” sign of a dabbling duck is tail feathers above water and head beneath the water. Ducks can generally be divided into…
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I often notice snags because of the woodpecker holes or woodpeckers drumming on the tree. However, woodpeckers aren’t the only ones utilizing snags. What animals…
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Little songbirds may be the most frequent visitors to bird feeders but occasionally larger birds stop by. Over the past few weeks, I’ve written about…
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Little brown birds. Often sparrows and finches are called little brown birds because they look similar at first glance. Their markings may not be as…
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A freshly-filled bird feeder can bring life to a backyard, deck or window. First one bird finds the feeder then entire flocks. Soon the feeder…
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When the snow becomes deep enough, we bring out our skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles to travel around. Even with snowshoes, slogging through knee-deep powdery snow…
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Even though most owls are nocturnal hunters and we can’t see what they hunt, we know a surprising amount of information about their diet. An…
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Every time I drive through the valley on Copeland Road I look for pheasants near Farm to Market Road, especially in autumn and winter. Most…
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