Category Archives: birds

  There is an osprey nest I have been casually watching. Usually a female is incubating there, but a male attends her. I have been waiting until chicks hatch and are big enough to peek over the edge of the … Continue reading →

  Watch your surroundings long enough, and something distinctly odd may turn up — in this case a tufted sparrow.  The bird is obviously a chick. It did not seem capable of flight and merely sat on the edge of … Continue reading →

  We have grosbeaks: similarly looking, heavy-billed, seed- and insect-eating birds that have been lumped together as a group for over three centuries. They are, what is referred to as a form taxon, a group based, not upon their biology, … Continue reading →

  New life abounds in the spring. Here are three rarely featured species. Robin Four robin chicks look out from a nest under a building’s eves.  One of the chicks seems to be getting more than its fair share of … Continue reading →

  When one watches a Turkey Vulture’s morning, it certainly seems to reveal a ritualistic behaviour. The day begins with the vulture spreading its wings to warm then in the early morning sunlight. Then comes the obligatory stretching of the … Continue reading →

  There is a narrow window of opportunity to be able to see dipper chicks leaning out of their nest and being fed. When slightly younger, they stay inside; when slightly older they have fledged and are gone. When I … Continue reading →

  Gregarious, garrulous, and guileless, a couple of dozen Cedar Waxwings feast on the petals of a black hawthorn tree. This is the first time I have seen a flock of these birds feeding on the petals of flowers.  The … Continue reading →