Greensboro Birds

Yesterday Josh and I closed on the wooded lot next to ours, preserving another quarter acre of our little town for squirrels, birds, deer, trees, and whatever other nonhuman entity wants to hang out in there. We bought it from a lovely couple who owned it since 1966 and grew vegetables there back in the [...]

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You might recall that I’m attempting to establish a clover/fescue lawn in our front yard. Clover is a fantastic nitrogen fixer (meaning it actually makes the soil better as it grows), it requires very little water or mowing, and attracts honeybees and other beneficial insects during its bloom cycle. White Dutch clover was once a [...]

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We had a reasonably hard frost this morning, and the birds were out in force. The crow trio showed up like clockwork to pick at the corncobs on the hill. I don’t think they’re even that into the corn per se; I think they just really enjoy the process of picking off the kernels.
I nearly [...]

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Shot this quick pic out the kitchen window while cleaning up the last of Thanksgiving’s bacchanal. This bright blue male Eastern bluebird was cool with sharing the space with one of the jillions of local goldfinches. Three bluebirds in all descended on the feeding area, also checking out a birdhouse I nailed to one end [...]

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My very first season counting birds for Cornell University’s Project FeederWatch was 2002–2003. We lived in a “loft” on North 1st and Kent in the acutely self-aware Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I say “loft” because it was essentially a decrepit shell of space without walls, plus, after moving from the third floor down to the first, a [...]

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