Category: Encounters
Red hot and undercover: the scarlet tanager
Bright red, rarely seen, and not actually a tanager anymore.
Reasons to Love Brown Pelicans
Looking for an amazing bird? This one fits the bill.
My juncos are prettier than yours.
Facts are facts, and we’ve got the photos to prove it.
Befriending Beautiful Barn Swallows
Wonders of the open skies
No Stone Unturned
This is your life as a black turnstone.
Violet-green swallows: an encounter with a sweet little bird
A gentle bird of incomparable beauty.
Coots: Five Great Reasons to Love This Bird
Meet the Rodney Dangerfield of birds.
Pintails, potholes, and people
A mediation on water and the beauty of birds.
Snowy Owls: Searching for Ookpik
A frozen prairie encounter with the ghosts of winter.
Meet Weary Willie, the Golden-crowned Sparrow
A tribute to a pretty sparrow with a melancholy song.
