A Lonely Straggler
December 16, 2019
A mixed flock of sparrows–House and Eurasian Tree–swoop back and forth across the Greenway trail, from the brush to the... Read More →
The Vultures of Coralville
December 12, 2019
Last summer, like many summers before it, a flock of turkey vultures was often to be seen over west Coralville.... Read More →
The Purple People…uh…Tenant
March 25, 2019
“I had a large and commodious box built and fixed on a pole, for the reception of Martins, in an... Read More →
A Chimney Swift View from the Roof, from the Past to the Future
January 10, 2019
My son Reed bought an old house in Oxford, badly in need of repair. So one fine June morning we... Read More →
Red Cedar: Our Only Local Native Conifer, and the Birds Love It
March 1, 2018
Our native red cedar has two noticeably different varieties. In the eastern states, with more rainfall and less drying winds,... Read More →
Teenage Hummingbirds Tag-Team Their Mom
August 24, 2017
Last April I posted a blog about my large trellis array covered with flowering native trumpet honeysuckle. It’s still in... Read More →
White-winged Crossbills at the Feeder: Diversity Attracting Diversity
August 21, 2017
In August I get a bit of that countdown feeling I always got in grade school knowing my days of... Read More →
The Bird Grit Problem, and a Solution
June 8, 2017
Birds do not have teeth to chew their food. Instead, chunks of food are swallowed into a muscular gizzard that... Read More →
Who Doesn’t Love the Charming Chickadee?
May 8, 2017
Who doesn’t have a fondness for the acrobatic, omnipresent black-capped chickadee? They’ve got it all in a tiny, boisterous package:... Read More →
Microclimates II: How Do They Affect Animals?
April 5, 2016
Wasn’t Prairie Preview great? Only two years at the Celebration Barn and we are already overcrowded. Bur Oak Land Trust’s... Read More →
