I was reminded that it is September by the scene in my backyard this morning. A migrating flock of robins was busy feeding on the lawn. Many were young robins. An occasional…
Tag: bird watching
Men’s Fishing Retreat
For a couple years now, men from Community Wesleyan have been organizing a fishing retreat in the Adirondacks on July 4th weekend. This year, Rhett LaForte asked me to bring the message…
Spring means counting robins
What says spring like counting the returning birds? Last weekend, I went for my neighborhood walk (about 1 mile each way) and counted robins. I was rejoicing to report a total of ten. The…
birds returning
Grackle on my bird feeder this noontime in spite of the piles of snow!
Red-wing black bird in the snow
Looked out and saw a red-wing blackbird on my thistle seed feeder this am at the tail-end of this big snowstorm. A few minutes later he also visited another feeder where I…
Sign of Spring?
Big news here. I saw the first robin in the treetops of my backyard yesterday! I think he was lost.