The archive of posts from the original Born Again Bird Watcher blog.
People often ask me why I stop to watch seemingly non-descript birds. I generally give them an answer that varies from philosophical to aesthetic, generally with an ecological twist. However from now on I am going to recount to them the possibility that the innocuous little grey bird bearing a strong resemblance to a dozen […]
It was a Junco-heavy day in Scappoose this second Saturday in February. The weather has suddenly turned from unexpectedly frigid with snow and ice to mild with sporadic rain (the normal weather for the area in February). The heavy concentrations of birds clustering around the feeders dispersed almost immediately leaving the usual visitors to pretty […]