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20AprRead More
Purple Finches and House Finches
How to tell them apart? For a long time, this was difficult for me. At first, I tried to rely on the color of the males – the male Purple Finch is more of a raspberry color and the male House Finch more of an orange-red. But what I discovered is that in winter when […]
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15MarRead More
Hummingbirds – Gardens and Feeders
When we lived in West Virginia, Cleon and I maintained 2 hummingbird feeders. One feeder was on our porch and hanging next to a blooming honeysuckle vine they loved, and the other was on the opposite side of the house in our garden that was filled with flowers they regularly used. The rule of thumb […]
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05MarRead More
The Merlin App and Its Sound ID
The free Merlin app from The Cornell Lab is a wonderful tool for birders of all abilities. Photos, descriptions, range maps, and recordings of songs are just a few of this app’s features. Now there is an additional feature called ‘Sound ID’.
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02MarRead More
The Turkey Vulture – The True Harbinger of Spring!
I took this photo this morning – a Turkey Vulture at the side of our house right at the edge of the lake. When I see Turkey Vultures soaring high up in the sky, I always think of them as black birds, but you can see in this photo that is a trick of light […]
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26FebRead More
Eurasian Tree Sparrows and House Sparrows – Similarities and Differences
Cleon and I live in central Illinois and range maps in field guides or online – especially those published before 2012 – can show that we are out of this bird’s range. The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is not native to North America, but was introduced in St. Louis and established itself in the city and […]
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