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Some like it hot

atowhee wrote 2 weeks ago: It was hot today in Ashland.  Too hot.  The folks working on our house reomdel knocked off before … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Ashland, corvids, Raptor, migratory birds, woodpeckers, ducks & geese

Glenview's views

atowhee wrote 3 weeks ago: On Glenview Drive this morning the Lesser Goldfinches were in a twitter, and there were lost of them … more »

Tags: Ashland, birding, Birds, migratory birds, Natural History, Oregon, Reptile, Siskiyous, warblers

The BeeTee Sextet perform in the garden and a Downy gets down1 comment

atowhee wrote 3 weeks ago: There have been some stellar performances in our garden this day.  There are always Steller perform … more »

Tags: Ashland, birding, Birds, Birdsong, insect, Natural History, Nesting, Oregon, Siskiyous

More babies!2 comments

Samantha wrote 3 weeks ago: My backyard birds must be confusing themselves for rabbits. They’re producing babies faster th … more »

Tags: animals, Friends, Home, babies, Yard, new, cat, Birds, hatched

Sittin' around: finch, grosbeak, jay, pigeon

atowhee wrote 4 weeks ago: I was the one sittin’ around.  The birds were busy, far more productive.             … more »

Tags: Ashland, birding, Birds, corvids, Flora, Hummingbird, Natural History, Oregon, Siskiyous

One good tern deserves another, and the voice of the grebe is heard across the water.1 comment

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: I’ve already blogged about chasing raptors across the frozen steppe that is the Klamath Basin … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Conservation, mammals, corvids, squirrels, Butterfly, insect

Mountain high and valley below:many birds of spring, yet Oriole is king

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: Here are three different shots of a the same adult male Bullock’s Oriole along Bear Creek in A … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Ashland, Flora, Raptor, migratory birds, woodpeckers, warblers

Mountain thrushes sing of spring

atowhee wrote 1 month ago:             Okay, so the Mountain Bluebird is NOT a fine singer like many thrushes.  But th … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, migratory birds, woodpeckers, warblers, Sparrows, Mount Ashland, Siskiyous

Did you forget that yellow bird? Oh how could you forget your yellow bird?*

Tuesday wrote 1 month ago: I’m getting a bird! Probably not a yellow one, though - turns out male canaries (the ones who … more »

Tags: Music, Life, Birds, Lyrics, Canaries, parakeets, Bright Eyes, We are nowhere and it's now, Pets

Further adventures in a late, cold spring

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: Saturday’s birding at Willow Witt Ranch was exemplar of how late this spring is for mountain p … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Cascades, Conservation, Flora, Icterids, migratory birds, Natural History, Nesting

A cold spring morning just below the snow line

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: I got to go on a bird walk sponsored by Klamath Bird Observatory.  We go to our destination around … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Flora, corvids, migratory birds, woodpeckers, Sparrows, shorebirds

Gallery galore, more pictures

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: The Pine Siskins are almost as plentiful around Grace’s thistle feeders as the Lesser Goldfin … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Ashland, Flora, mammals, Siskiyous, Natural History, Black-Headed Grosbeak

A gallery of recent birds, bugs and blooms

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: Blue copper, Lycaena heteronea.  Spotted at about 5000 in some yellow flowers in a ditch with a tyr … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Ashland, Flora, squirrels, Butterfly, insect, migratory birds

RIP Sunset

A birch tree wrote 1 month ago: Sad news. I love finches, and my family loves finches. We keep a few finches as pets, and they … more »

Tags: Miscellany, Peter's Twinspot

"Great" has been overused and undervalued: in this case it's the only word that fits

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: Sitting on a nest in the Cascades.  That’s the owl’s tail coming off the top of this b … more »

Tags: Ashland, birding, Birds, Cascades, Flora, Howard Prairie Lake, migratory birds, Mount Ashland, Natural History

Let the bird come to you, sometimes it works

atowhee wrote 1 month ago: Photographer Dan Elster and I went Calliope hunting this morning, with two loaded lenses. His a bigg … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Ashland, Flora, migratory birds, warblers, Siskiyous, Icterids

On the edge, of forest and field

atowhee wrote 2 months ago: Grace’s place is at about 2700 feet elevation just at the edge of the Squire Peak fire, July, … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Birdsong, Flora, Icterids, migratory birds, Nesting, Oregon, Siskiyous

Take a look1 comment

atowhee wrote 2 months ago: Picture of the ever difficult to photograph Ash-throated Flycacther.   By Grace Ruth. Here are som … more »

Tags: birding, Birds, Oregon, Ashland, Raptor, migratory birds, Siskiyous, Bear Creek, eagles

Feeding the finches1 comment

stephgmurphy wrote 2 months ago: At one point this evening, between our three feeders, we had 8 finches, two sparrows, and one chick … more »

Tags: Bird Feeders, Sparrows, Chickadees


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