To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Weekend birds
Finally this weekend, for the first time in the new year, the weather and my schedule allowed me to do a little birding here in Yamhill Co. I saw nothing extraordinary, but the twelve Eurasian Collared Doves in one tree would have seemed so a year or two ago. They are multiplying and spreading so rapidly that it is hardly a surprise to see them almost anywhere.
In my own backyard a female Anna's Hummingbird has replaced the male that was here during December's record-breaking snow storm. He seems to have moved on, so I'm happy to have her here now to provide a little variation from the usual "menu" of finches.
Finally this weekend, for the first time in the new year, the weather and my schedule allowed me to do a little birding here in Yamhill Co. I saw nothing extraordinary, but the twelve Eurasian Collared Doves in one tree would have seemed so a year or two ago. They are multiplying and spreading so rapidly that it is hardly a surprise to see them almost anywhere.
In my own backyard a female Anna's Hummingbird has replaced the male that was here during December's record-breaking snow storm. He seems to have moved on, so I'm happy to have her here now to provide a little variation from the usual "menu" of finches.
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