Northern mockingbird

Falling leaves and a friendly mockingbird

Yesterday for lunch, I went to a local park and took a walk. Boy, was it nice to be outside…kind of cloudy, leaves falling in a gentle rain of autumn colors, birds quietly singing in an empty park…wow! As I was taking it all in, I happened upon this one mockingbird sitting on top of [...]


Goldfinches, baby towhees, and a hungry bluebird nestling!

Hi, everybody! I’ve got some really fun pictures for you today, including a reader-submitted bluebird photo! I’ll start with the news that we’ve finally put a finch feeder (filled with thistle seed) back up, and the goldfinches are loving it. The old one had been decimated by hungry squirrels and house finches, and it was [...]


Bluebird pictures and a towhee!

Greetings! Lots of fun bird pictures to show you today, and of course the bluebirds are the headliners, except for this very cool butterfly that landed on some really bright green leaves in our backyard. Butterflies aren’t birds, but they do fly, and it adds some fun color right at the top! This blog gladly [...]