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Reasons to Love Brown Pelicans

May 19, 2023May 12, 2023 by Don Enright

Looking for an amazing bird? This one fits the bill.

Categories Encounters Tags brown pelican, pelican 1 Comment

My juncos are prettier than yours.

April 21, 2023April 14, 2023 by Don Enright
Dark-eyed (Oregon) junco

Facts are facts, and we’ve got the photos to prove it.

Categories Encounters 3 Comments

Befriending Beautiful Barn Swallows

April 14, 2023April 7, 2023 by Don Enright

Wonders of the open skies

Categories Encounters 5 Comments

No Stone Unturned

March 30, 2023March 23, 2023 by Don Enright

This is your life as a black turnstone.

Categories Encounters Tags black turnstone, shorebird, turnstone 6 Comments

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 7 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 4 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.

Categories Encounters 1 Comment

Birding: In Praise of Little Brown Jobs

January 20, 2023 by Don Enright

Don’t beat yourself up about ’em.

Categories Encounters Tags LBJ, sparrow, wren Leave a comment
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Bloggy Goodness

  • Wood Ducks and the Burden of Adorability
  • Reasons to Love Brown Pelicans
  • Rufous Hummingbird Mayhem
  • My juncos are prettier than yours.
  • Befriending Beautiful Barn Swallows
  • A Dread of Terns
  • No Stone Unturned
  • 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
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