We have a chickadee family nesting in our birdhouse again this year. Watching Mama and Papa fly back and forth–literally hundreds of times each day–reminds me that parenting is a lot of work, regardless of whether your offspring have legs or wings! Occasionally they stop for a moment to take a quick bath in the […]
Birds
Birds out on a limb
Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is. ~Mark Twain If you want to read more about all things Pampers, follow me on Facebook, Twitter or RSS/email. Take the road less traveled, Beth
Love is in the air
Love is in the air everywhere I look around Love is in the air every sight and every sound ~Tom Jones, Love is in the Air ‘Tis the season when it’s not just Hallmark searching for love. My bird friends have also begun their early spring mating rituals. House wrens are tweeting their courtship serenades, […]
The Quintessential Christmas Bird
Of all the birds who visit our garden, I think the hummingbird is my favorite. He buzzes around the garden like a bee. His petite size belies his alpha bird personality–for a tiny bird, he is fierce and determined. During the winter months I miss some of my feathered friends, who packed their tiny bags […]
Flying into fall
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. ~George Eliot My feathered friends are getting ready for fall, fattening their bellies with suet and sweets, preparing for the season to come. Take the road less traveled, Beth
Birds for Maya
A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky. Maya Angelou, poet and author (1928-2014) A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because […]
Don’t make a Peep
Look who we’ve seen flocking to our feeder and birdbath…the rarely-sighted yellow Peep (Peepus Easterea)! Happy Easter! Take the road less traveled, Beth
Birds of Kauai
Birds of Kauai: We saw some wonderfully colored birds on our trip to Kauai. Cardinal Blue Booby Pea Fowl Zebra Dove Red-tailed Tropicbird Red-crested Cardinal A Snow Goose and two Hawaiian Nene (YES! A Snow Goose on Kauai) Finch Egret Female red-crested cardinal Albatross ….and our daughter’s beloved heron, aka Mr. Fluffles Take the road […]
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because, on Kauai, there isn’t a road without them. While Hawaii’s official State bird is the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, on Kauai everyone jokes that the “official” birds of the Garden Island (aka “Chicken Isle”) are feral chickens (and wild roosters in particular). Chickens and roosters are everywhere: […]
Bird on wire
Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge – and then you are going to live your life on a […]