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Violet-green swallows: an encounter with a sweet little bird

March 19, 2023March 3, 2023 by Don Enright
violet-green swallow

A gentle bird of incomparable beauty.

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Coots: Five Great Reasons to Love This Bird

March 3, 2023February 23, 2023 by Don Enright
close-up american coot

Meet the Rodney Dangerfield of birds.

Categories Encounters Tags coot 5 Comments

Pintails, potholes, and people

February 23, 2023February 17, 2023 by Don Enright
male pintail duck in profile

A mediation on water and the beauty of birds.

Categories Encounters Tags duck, pintail, waterfowl 2 Comments

Snowy Owls: Searching for Ookpik

February 17, 2023February 9, 2023 by David Gray
snowy owl on windmill

A frozen prairie encounter with the ghosts of winter.

Categories Encounters Tags Alberta, owl, snowy 11 Comments

Meet Weary Willie, the Golden-crowned Sparrow

February 10, 2023February 3, 2023 by Don Enright
golden-crowned sparrow

A tribute to a pretty sparrow with a melancholy song.

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Birding: In Praise of Little Brown Jobs

January 20, 2023 by Don Enright

Don’t beat yourself up about ’em.

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The Pacific Great Blue Heron: An Uncommon Majesty

January 27, 2023January 12, 2023 by Don Enright
Great blue heron standing in water opening its wings

How can a bird this easy to find be a species at risk?

Categories Encounters Tags great blue heron, heron 8 Comments

Buffleheads and the Kindness of Strangers

January 12, 2023January 6, 2023 by Don Enright

The bufflehead’s size is the result of an unlikely relationship.

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Wild About Wigeons

January 6, 2023December 29, 2022 by Don Enright

Welcome to winter’s winsome waterfowl.

Categories Encounters Tags duck, wigeon 2 Comments

Bushtits: Teeny Architects with an Alternate Lifestyle

December 29, 2022December 21, 2022 by Don Enright
bushtit beside rose hip

Tiny, fluffy, industrious. What’s not to love?

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Bloggy Goodness

  • The Outrageousness of Australian Cockatoos
  • Egrets: big white birds and little white lies
  • Violet-green swallows: an encounter with a sweet little bird
  • Coots: Five Great Reasons to Love This Bird
  • Pintails, potholes, and people
  • Snowy Owls: Searching for Ookpik
  • Meet Weary Willie, the Golden-crowned Sparrow
  • The Unforgettable Music of the Mockingbird

Recent Comments

  1. David Bree on The Outrageousness of Australian Cockatoos

    Galah's may just be my favourite bird in the world. Apparently galah is also Australian slang for someone foolish, if…

  2. Arlene Parkinson on Snowy Owls: Searching for Ookpik

    What a wonderful piece of storytelling so well articulated. The photos are beautiful…we have not seen many snowy owls in…

  3. Lorinda on The Outrageousness of Australian Cockatoos

    In Redondo Beach there was a HUGE Queen Palm tree across the street that hosted dozens of feral green parrots…

  4. Kim on The Outrageousness of Australian Cockatoos

    Wonderful stuff Don. I meant to congratulate you personally when we saw you! Very excited for your new birding enterprise.…

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