Edited to reflect reality...* Yesterday I tried to get super close to a bigger-than-a-crow hawk that sat perched on my neighbor's play set. Tawny,heavy brow, white lores around the very big, very curved beak, yellow legs, brown and tawny back, white chest, several black stripes in the white tipped tail. It was not a … Continue reading MyStory: Birding is the only good reason to garden
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Eye To The Future
Observing feathered behavior is a favorite pasttime, particularly when one individual becomes part of my landscape, part of my family. My girl's nest building was furtive, unnoticed. But her alarm routine while I gardened prompted a determined hunt ending at a low growing pine, her nest just above eye level. Gleefully I imagined the clutch she was protecting, … Continue reading Eye To The Future
Shoots, Roots, and Leaves 