Birding with Annie Dillard
This is not merely wishful thinking. I read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek years ago. At this moment in …
Category Archives: Birds
Birds, Buds, and Social Distancing
Haven’t been to the Pond for weeks. For one thing, March and even April we were still having snow, too …
We all need intermissions
… in between movies. Get out of the dark chamber. Off the snack-littered couch. Watch the large screen Nature has …
Spring Birding at the Pond
Here at the Pond, that is, the real, literal Pond, Spring is a busy time. I know, for some of …
The Colours of Fall
About this time last year, I had a post entitled “Golden Fall”. Yes, the title says it all. We don’t …
Summertime… and the feeding is easy
No matter where you stand in the food chain, in the summer woods, everywhere you turn is a ready picnic, …
The Colour of Summer
To be technically accurate, here are some photos I took after June 21. Not that I’m partial to the colour …
Spring Baby
They’ve come back, the Great Horned Owl couple. Their perennial arrival to nest is as predictable as the grass turning …
First Spring Visitors to the Pond
They brought me out of hibernation. It’s been a long winter, not record temperatures, but record snow, all the way …
A Good Friday Trial
“Then went the jury out, whose names were Mr. Blindman, Mr. Nogood, Mr. Malice, Mr. Love-lust, Mr. Live-loose, Mr. Heady, …
How Many Weeks Till Spring?
Who’s counting? We’re having fun and really, enjoying ourselves. Indeed, considering the flooding problems some of you face south …
August at the Pond
Our summer is short. After a few weeks of record high temperatures, as August arrives, I can feel the cooler …
