Wild Wild Woods

This "snag tube" is based on a design tested and recommended by researchers at Cornell.  http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ We have...

This big gray hawk is probably an adult Coopers Accipiter cooperii .  He was very inquisitive, searching around in the adjacent back yard...

The Red-bellied Woodpeckers have been at our feeders all winter.  Still nearby in the woods, we hear them calling to one another.  Today t...

The larch branches still bear cones from last year while this year's new cones open among them. The larch Larix laricina is also known a...

The first Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum this season seems to be too green and bright; usually they are more secretive in shades ...

The maple trees are blooming.  When the first blossoms on this variety Acer rubrum appear, they are golden; they become red in just a few d...

The warm winter continues! Trees are budding, tulips tiptoeing up through the mulch, and shrubs are sprouting blossoms. Robins have arrive...

This winter, we have much less snow than normal. On one morning when there was snow cover, it was a bit easier to spot birds in and around t...

The edge of the woods is home for mice and voles, so this hawk may find good hunting among the grasses and the brush pile.

The Northern Cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis in the guild this winter gather in the sunny brambles to warm up. These two females were t...

The autumn colors on the maple tree make a beautiful backdrop for the peanut log, no matter the color of the birds feasting there.

The volunteer sunflowers are blooming -- right under the seed station, ready for the birds, with a little extra protein.

The bluebirds bring their young fledglings to the mealworm plate. This is only a small part of the parents' efforts to teach their youn...

Although we did not locate their nests in the wild woods this year, Black-capped Chickadees Poecile atricapillus and Downy Woodpeckers Pico...

I noticed an unfamiliar growth on my rhubarb. Turns out, the rhubarb is BLOOMING. New to me, but evidently common on plants that have been i...

The video below shows the adult female Eastern Bluebird that flew into the nestbox with a worm dangling from her beak. ...

In the Bluebird nestbox today, four little hatchlings instead of four blue eggs! Both adults are carrying worms to feed the little ones. ...

A pair of House Wrens Troglodytes aedon have settled in one of our nestboxes. They have three eggs so far; typically they lay 4 to 8 in a c...

This Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis has been sitting on her 4 eggs for nine days. It is warm enough that she can spend some time above the ...

The Tree Swallows have 3 eggs in the nest so far. She has created a cup of grasses and lined it with feathers to protect her babies. UPDAT...

Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor are building a nest in one of the nestboxes. They have been constructing the cup with grass and pine nee...

The American Goldfinches Spinus tristis males are wearing their bright summer feathers; gorgeous and playful among the trees.

This young bird was perched at the edge of the woods, curious about the thistle seed feeder but uncertain about fluttering away.  We think ...