Monthly Archives: November 2008

A splash of bright red next to a small clump of contour feathers on the concrete slab yesterday afternoon was evidence of fresh carnage. A closer look at the feathers this morning showed that they had belonged to a pigeon. … Continue reading →

Hawk I forgot to mention the sub-adult Cooper’s Hawk that was in the yard on Sunday. It caught something that was hiding in the thicket where its […] conspecific found the House Sparrow two days later. The yard squirrels seem … Continue reading →

I was looking through past posts and saw that on September 24, 2007, I wrote about a Magnolia Warbler (female) I had seen in the yard, “That’s the yard’s fourth warbler species (the others are Tennessee, Mourning, and Common Yellowthroat).” … Continue reading →