We recently had the opportunity to go bird watching on the other side of the mountain, over by Patagonia, Arizona. Now it may be just a short distance as the crow raven flies, but for us it is about 2 1/2 – 3 hours from our house. I have to change it to raven as we have [...]
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While bird watching yesterday, my Brother-in-law tagged along. He is not a birdwatcher, and I feared he would become bored after a few minutes. He is usually a very active mountain biker type of guy. He had come from California to visit with us while my Mother-in-law from Wyoming, who is an avid birdwatcher, was visiting. While [...] Everyone knows that the bird watching is terrific in the Portal, Arizona area by day. What a lot of people do not know is that it can be equally exciting at night. At least 12 species of owls inhabit the area. Barn Owls, Great Horned Owls, Western Screech-Owls, Whiskered Screech-Owls, Northern Pygmy-Owls, Burrowing Owls, Mexican Spotted Owls, [...] I’m sure many of the birdwatchers who have been to the Portal area a few years back will fondly remember an area locally known as Willow Tank. A local rancher had allowed birdwatchers to cross his fence and bird around his cattle tank. Several years back the rancher had to abandon the tank as the pump [...] Yesterday the Western Tanagers returned to Portal, Arizona. A beautiful male came in to bathe and drink from our four tiered bird pond. He was later joined by two more brilliant male birds and a female. We always enjoy these colorful birds and we are sometimes asked by our customers how to attract tanagers to their [...] I was at a small show this week-end and was amazed how many experienced bird watchers confessed that they did not have a bird bath or a bird friendly water feature in their yard. In our yard there are days when we are sitting with coffee mugs in hand, and have more interesting birds at our bird friendly [...] |
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