by Birdie Girl | Apr 25, 2015 | Bird of the Week, Birdie Girl
White crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys, is a medium-sized sparrow native to North America. For the last couple weeks I have enjoyed the sweet white crowned sparrows in my yard here in Northern California. In the morning I listen to its distinct pleasing whistle....
by Birdie Girl | Apr 19, 2015 | Bird of the Week, Birdie Girl
Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, family Icteridae, a passerine bird. Above: drawings/photo-painting; (far left) Male red-winged blackbird, The nest, (right) Female red-winged blackbird. Artist: Brenda Sherburn These well decorated birds are the most abundant...
by Birdie Girl | Apr 10, 2015 | Bird of the Week, Birdie Girl
Again we are finding the relationship between birds and trees are far more reaching than we thought. The above photograph is of one of the only complete skeleton of a single dodo found in 1903 on Mauritius. It’s hard to say exactly what the dodo bird would have...
by Birdie Girl | Apr 5, 2015 | Bird of the Week, Birdie Girl
It was easter weekend and I called my mom & dad in northern New Hampshire. My mom was excited because she saw about dozen robins in her back yard. As you know, the Eastern US has had a hard winter, but the Baker River Valley where my parents live just missed most...
by Birdie Girl | Mar 27, 2015 | Bird of the Week, Birdie Girl
Last week my friend Brian called. He had found a grounded bird outside and wasn’t sure if it was stunned or injured. He asked me what he should do—I always worry about grounded birds because of domestic or feral cats that can be lurking in the shadows. I...
by Birdie Girl | Mar 20, 2015 | Bird of the Week, Birdie Girl, My Writing
I wake up early in the morning to the sounds of croaking and knocking calls of a pair of ravens sitting on the railing of our deck. These ravens has become our alarm clock. My partner jumps out of bed, grabs some food for them, runs out and places it on the railing...
