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Drama at the Bird Feeding Station

As the quail drank, the smaller birds all hit the bushes in a fast panic! In a short moment only one juvenile (We call them teenagers.) Scaled Quail was left at the pond and in the blink of an [...]

Spring in Portal, Arizona

We have been commenting on the fact that the bird migration is running weeks early this year with many bird species back in Portal almost a month early.  Now we know for sure that spring is here.

A male Scott’s Oriole is in full song from the top of the neighbor’s Yucca.
The baby Red-eared Sliders (a [...]

Wildlife and Bird Signs

Signs, signs, everywhere signs, do this…………can’t you read the sign?

This Five Man Electrical Band song was going through my mind most of the day today.  Why?  It was time to inventory our wildlife signs.  They are currently stacked all over our living room and dining room.  The bird signs are on the dining room table.  The [...]

Horses and More

As ornithologists our work takes us all over the country and, in addition to birds, we are able to enjoy a wide variety of wildlife and natural wonders.  A couple of years ago we were sent to south central Nevada to do some breeding bird surveys for a federal agency.  The habitat was really sparce [...]