I was going to make a post about all the birds that have returned to the neighbourhood since mid-March but I was so busy with this and that ( Read more... )

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We have some new neighbourhood residents - blue jays! I saw four of them flying overhead last week and prior to that heard their amazing screeching. Usually a blue jay has been a here or there sighting, but it looks like this bunch is sticking around ( Read more... )

Hi bird friends, I don't have any lovely photos of birds to share, but I do have cool stories to share.

Regretfully our neighbourhood has all the regular birds you would expect in a North American city - sparrows, robins, house finches, magpies and crows. Ducks and Canada geese fly overhead. Occasionally I spot a small hawk or merlin.

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This isn't exactly a "backyard bird" unless, that is, your backyard happens to be the Grand Canyon. However, I'm very eager to identify this critter. It and a few companions were perched just over the south canyon rim edge at Yavapai Point, roughly an hour before sunset about two weeks ago. Someone thought it was a Chickadee, but I know that's not ( Read more... )

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