While observing your feeders, you may be startled by a “blue flash” that suddenly appears as if from out of nowhere, snatches one of your birds in its talons and disappears. The “blue flash” will be ...

Getting out of bed well before sunrise as usual, I had no reason to expect the day would provide incentive to keep not just looking but watching out the window. Before engaging my morning routine, I ...

On Veterans Day, I was sitting at my kitchen window with a delicious mug of freshly brewed coffee, a comfortable seat and freshly washed windows to look through. All I needed to do was wait and watch.

It was your standard November morning. I had a cup of coffee. I was adding notes on temperature and precipitation into my journal and I was keeping track of the arrival times and numbers of different ...

Also persisting throughout the month is the south-bound migration. Shifting from the flitting of various warblers or the insect-eating swallows and flycatchers from early in the month, the songbird ...

A feather … slowly floating to earth … begins to tell the story. A “bushwhacker” has been at work at the backyard feeders, and now, perched on a limb in the ...

"A sharp-shinned hawk was here earlier," explained Chris Michelson, confirming an unwelcome guest can ruin any meal. Not to worry. Birds are a hungry bunch during the winter. It wasn't long before a ...

When sighting one or more of these swift and agile raptors in our yard became a near-daily event last week, I began to contemplate penning this month’s column about them. Then one morning brought a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With their broad wingspans and sharp talons, hawks are some of the most regal birds in the skies. But beyond their powerful ...