Category Archives: Songbirds

. . . and we shall have snow

Arrrrgggghhhh! March 12 and we who live in this city by the lake woke up to a light dusting of snow this morning. Thankfully, there wasn’t much and it was short-lived, once the warming rays of the sun got to work on it. That’s mercurial March, though, isn’t it? Blustery, changeable, prone to extremes. Turns […]

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The March wind doth blow

Holy Mackinaw! There were times at the beach today when I thought I was going to be swept out to sea . . . um, the bay! I will have to look it up to see exactly what category hurricane we were having this morning. There was warmth in the sun, but it only peeked […]

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Grosbeaks in my yard!

I didn’t have to go far to see this charming little fellow sporting a black suit paired with a red bib. . . He was right in my back yard. This rose-breasted  grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), could be the most beautiful bird I have ever seen locally. For an amateur birder, it was terrifically exciting, since […]

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