Backyard Birding Time: Thank you, evergreens, for the Cooper's hawk!

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana, an old friend once told me. How can it be December 13 already?! Nature gave me a g...

Backyard Birding Time: Junco!

New yard bird: Dark-eyed junco, seen yesterday evening in the tulip tree! It was rewarding to have such a lengthy and diverse yard list f...

Backyard Birding Time: Yard bird list: 17 species!

My yard list is up to 17 species!  They are, in chronological order: Northern Cardinal Carolina Wren Blue Jay American Crow Northern ...

Backyard Birding Time: Meet my old yard

This is the view from the kitchen window of the house I own in Bloomington, Indiana, soon to be for sale. Here's what this yard has...

Backyard Birding Time: Meet my new yard

Here's my new backyard, in Marietta, Ohio, as viewed from my kitchen window. Positives: A big ol' tulip tree!  Should be a good sour...

Backyard Birding Time: Introduction to the blog

This part of the blog will focus mainly on backyard birding, since I'm effectively starting over, and exploring a community that is n...