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Western Bluebird Male Atop Birdhouse
Conservation

It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes

December 13, 2018 by Larry 3 Comments
Birds can be attracted to your home simply by offering food, water and shelter. Trees and shrubs that yield...
Birding

Oh Look, It’s Baby Birds

April 20, 2017 by Larry No Comments
With all the crazy stuff going on in the world these days, I thought it would  be nice to...
Northern Flicker Male
Conservation

Watch Northern Flickers As They Are Coaxed From Their Cavity Nest

July 14, 2016 by Larry No Comments
Unlike cavity nesting ducklings which hatch precocial (eyes open, covered with down and ready to go), most cavity nesting...
Northern Flicker Male
Conservation

Red-shafted Northern Flickers Feeding Nestlings

June 16, 2016 by Larry 2 Comments
My nestling Red-shafted Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) are around two weeks old now and the adults are still entering...
Conservation

Northern Flicker Nestlings at Ten Days

June 2, 2016 by Larry No Comments
Continuing my Northern Flicker (Collaptes auratus) nestling observations from my last post, I was amazed at what I found when I...
Northern Flicker
Conservation

Northern Flickers Have Found My Nest Box

May 19, 2016 by Larry 10 Comments
As some of you may know, I have been monitoring about 35 nest boxes on three Bluebird Trails going on...
Violet-green Swallow Female in Nest
Birding

Violet-green Swallows Take Up Residence on my Bluebird Trail

June 18, 2014 by Larry 4 Comments
Every few years I am lucky enough to have Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) take up residence on one of...
Oak Titmouse Nestlings Day One
Conservation

Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

May 7, 2014 by Larry 3 Comments
According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. The fossil record indicates that birds...
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