All eyes on deck — nature has no boss

As usual the Great Horned Owl chicks spotted us before we spotted them this spring afternoon a year or two ago. Tucked neatly into an old broken cottonwood tree one chick up and one tucked neatly inside with only an eye peeking through. The Owls may have paired up already and soon the eggs will […] …

National Nest Box Week — Too Lazy To Weed

It’s National Nest Box Week again (14th to 21st February), so no prizes for guessing what today’s blog post is about. The idea of Nest Box Week is to encourage people to put up more nest boxes for their garden birds. It’s coming up to the time of year when birds start thinking about finding […] …

Cucarachero de Laguna/Black-capped Donacobius/Donacobius atricapilla — Un ave por día (695 especies hoy)

Nombre en español: Cucarachero de Laguna Nombre de ingles: Black-capped Donacobius Nombre científico: Donacobius atricapilla Familia: Donacobiidae Foto: Rodrigo Gaviria/Samuel Aristizábal Canto: Gabriel Leite El angú (Donacobius atricapilla),2​ también denominado cucarachero de laguna, calandria estero, ratona de capa negra y paraulata de agua,3​ es una especie de ave paseriforme que vive en los los humedales …

Periquito Aliamarillo/Brown-breasted Parakeet/Pyrrhura calliptera [e] [VU] — Un ave por día (691 especies hoy)

Nombre en español: Periquito Aliamarillo Nombre en ingles: Brown-breasted Parakeet Nombre científico: Pyrrhura calliptera Familia: Psittacidae Fotos: Oswaldo Cortes/Juan Carlos Noreña Canto: Andrew Spencer El periquito aliamarillo o cotorra pechiparda​ (Pyrrhura calliptera) es una especie de ave de la familia Psittacidae, endémica de la Cordillera Oriental en los Andes de Colombia. Hábitat Vive en elevaciones …

Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus — Quiet Solo Pursuits

Note: this post, while published, is a work in progress, as are all posts in this series, My Photo Life List. My goal is to photograph every species of bird that is seen on a regular basis here in Michigan, working from a list compiled by the Michigan chapter of the Audubon Society. This will …