Happy holidays - stay warm and safe this season. Some images of the birds withstanding the intense subzero temperatures of this year.
Here in the north country, we relish our cardinal sightings providing brilliance in the monochrome season of winter. Thanks for reading BirdingZen…
Well sorta….in this case, the deep snow sent a female pheasant up into our hackberry trees to eat the berries. The hackberry is a valuable native tree…
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The Audacity of a Chickadee
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Since the winter of 1988-89, I have annually participated in Project FeederWatch at my home. About every two weeks between November and April, I take a…
This is the third year in a row that I have a Northern Flicker visiting my suet feeders. Flickers are unique woodpeckers in that they forage mainly on…
It is not uncommon for life-long birders to have had a "moment" where a single bird "sparked" their interest into becoming a passion. And for those such…
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Over the next few months, I will be adding posts on feeding birds here in the north central part of the country. I plan on sharing my years of…
The tiny brown creeper is a rather common bird at the suet feeders in wooded lots. They are often overlooked or not seen because they blend in so well…
Hooters as in Owls….not the restaurant chain which is still “alive and well” according to their Instagram. In the north country, this time of year we…
Webcams have opened up a whole new world of reality viewing. The webcam beginnings were nerdy, captivating and, at times, shocking. The first webcam…