Well well. Look who came to visit my cat yesterday. A gray catbird that’s who. And yes, it does sound just like a cat in a tree! Gray Catbirds are relatives of mockingbirds and thrashers, and they share that group’s vocal abilities, copying the sounds of other species and stringing them together to make their own song. Fun …
Welcome back to another Sunday edition. Birding season has begun in earnest and with the pandemic keeping us indoors for so long, it is a nice time to finally get out and go birding. I am so happy the weather has decided to warm finally! The cold spring we had has taken its toll on an already frustrating situation. …
Happy Sunday! This week I wanted to have a look at my longtime winter companion, the House Sparrow. As you may already know, house sparrows are not native to North America. They are members of the Old World sparrows and were introduced to this continent by a number of enthusiastic yet misguided bird lovers. Lots of sparrows were imported and …
Welcome back! This week we’ll be looking at this awesome little corvid that has a number of aliases. The Grey Jay, (Gray if you are American) is once again known as the Canada Jay which was also its name before it was the Grey (or Gray) jay. Confused yet?? Other names this sharp little bird is known as include camp-robber …
In my experience the Eastern Phoebe is a friendly and curious little bird. Often times when I am out looking for birds to photograph I will spot a Phoebe perched nearby watching me. Occasionally they will fly closer to investigate. I’ve seen phoebes nearly everywhere I have stopped to photograph birds. They look a lot like other flycatchers such as …