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Lazuli Buntings Stop for a New Feather or Two

The Lazuli Buntings have a vey unusual way of molting during migration. The birds begin their Prebasic molt during late summer on the breeding grounds, then abruptly [...]

Hummingbirds-When Should You Stop Feeding in The Fall

Apparently a number of people have found information in the literature somewhere saying that to continue feeding the hummingbirds after Labor Day may keep them too far north and they may be caught in the winter weather as a [...]

Hummingbird Feeders Empty Mysteriously

You said that your humming bird feeder seems to be emptying overnight. I would bet
that you have nectar [...]

Recycled Platform Bird Feeder – The Cause of Bad Mornings!

You see, the Curve-billed Thrasher has claimed the cedar platform bird feeder as his and only his. He can’t get by with that year round, but we still have very young baby quail coming in with their parents and at the first sign of trouble, everyone heads for [...]

Hummingbirds Are Gathering in Portal, Arizona

The fall hummingbird bonanza is gearing up in Portal, Arizona now, with several Mexician species [...]

Fall Migration at our Bird Bath

This is just a short note to let bird watchers who plan to vist our area that the fall migration has [...]

Juvenile Pyrrhuloxia at Platform Bird Feeder

Beginning bird watchers have a tendency to misidentify Pyrrhuloxias. They are quite often confused with the female cardinal. This mistake can be avoided by looking at the beak. [...]

House Finches-Beauties or Beasts

This is truly a beautiful bird. The male is dressed up with a bright red forehead, supercilium, breast and rump in addition to its pretty [...]

Cooper’s Hawk – One Hot Bird

We have a young Cooper’s Hawk that has decided that our four tiered bird pond is a great place to soak it’s feet on a hot day. It comes in and just stands in the water next to the water fall so that it gets a little splash, but not [...]