In September 2021, I wrote for the first time here about one of the great birding spectacles in my region. As our summer rainy...
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Central Mexico, where I live, has a monsoon climate. In other words, we tend to have heavy rains from late May or June through...
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A light rain had begin to fall on the valley between steep slopes that held the headquarters of HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. Patches of...
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The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) visits my home every year about this time. Of course the males come first to establish territory. According to Macauley...
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We have a small water feature off our back porch. It’s probably about 300 square feet in size, holding maybe 2000 gallons of water....
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“I want you / to show me the way,” Peter Frampton sings. Pop music is all well and good for people, but how do...
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Rufous Hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) breed farther North than any other North American hummingbird and have the longest migration route of all U.S. hummers. Their...
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Here in Northern California I am fortunate to have at least three of the western hummingbirds of North America visiting my yard. The least...
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