Heading for thin air
March 10, 2010
Have you seen the Gray-crowned Rosy Finches? ...(more)
Birds we love to hate
November 18, 2009
Birds have been scarce in Teton Valley since the onset of what seems to be an early winter. Migrants have headed south, and our avian residents are quietly foraging for the cold, dark time they know will be coming. But, on a recent early morning visi ...(more)
Season Change Marked in Yellow
October 07, 2009
The Hopi word, sikatsi, is used to indicate the yellow of the sun, of flowers and of birds. The yellow feathers of warblers, yellow-breasted chat, common yellowthroat, flycatchers and goldfinches are used in Pueblo Indian ceremonies to mark the chang ...(more)
Color of summer
July 15, 2009
Weeks of rain have blessed us with one of the greenest early summers in recent memory. Flowers of all colors are in voluptuous bloom, the sky is the shade of blue seen only in the Rocky Mountain West, and colorful migratory birds are breeding in
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Song of the Robin/Chicken
June 10, 2009
I stopped into Pendl's Bakery in Driggs on a recent morning and was greeted by Courtney who was excited to tell me she had heard a Brewer's sparrow that morning, and also a bird that sounded like a cross between a robin and chicken. Courtney is ...(more)
Love on the Birding Trail
May 20, 2009
On a recent wet and dreary Sunday, armed with binoculars and spotting scope, my husband and I ventured forth to go birding. Before I crow about the avian migrants we spotted that day, I feel compelled to
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