The three kinds of dawn and dusk This morning during civil dawn ,  the time before the sun peeks over the horizon, as we humans while ...

Foggy morning Crow conversations I try joining in But end up coughing

It's been 17 days since leaving Nevada. So much has gone on. This morning my breakfast is German cornflakes in Portugal, but to recap . ...

Packing, sorting, pruning and letting go of almost two decades of my life has been overwhelming but mostly it's done now and what's ...

Today is the Equinox, the beginning of spring here in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the south. May we all enjoy, if only briefly, this ...

When it's over, when the next change changes everything, we call it death. Short of that, the end is often only realized it hindsight. N...

The girl who waits and watches I got back on Wednesday after three weeks in Oregon visiting family. We unloaded the car and then I pu...

Quail really don't mind body contact. In fact, bumping, cuddling and squeezing in is a major part of life in the covey. If two quail a...

The little birds are eating as fast they can and the quail just arrived. Soon snow will cover everything and everyone will have to wait out ...

It can be confusing first thing in the morning determining just which peanut is the biggest and best and, while sleep is still in your eye...

The Bird Park has changed in the months we've been away. It's full of cats  . . . and a skunk with a fabulous long flowing tail ...

I don't know how good it is for them but clearly the crows at the Bird Park prefer Ol' Roy puppy chow to other brands. Magpies too. ...

The one-legged magpie doesn't come here anymore. There is no need to assume the worst. She was, after all, full grown, strong, plump ev...

It's snowing this morning and Shelby the hawk stopped by for breakfast. As I've said before, hunting in the Bird Park is not okay. I...

Nobody likes Shelby. Nobody, that is, except M. Lee. M. Lee is Shelby's one and only advocate here at the Bird Park. This morning the ma...

It's snowing. That explains why so many birds dropped by for breakfast this morning. Even Plonk's pigeon brigade stopped in, includi...

The little birds showed up today. Like I said, it takes them about a week to catch on that I'm back. Finches, they're not the bright...

We're back in Nevada now. We got back to the states a month ago but went right to Oregon to visit family. Big changes. Baby Chance is st...

The crows are dining at the Bird Park this morning. Minerva and I are delighted. They are our honored guests, well not guests, members, h...

Ok. Time to crank the wheel and roll this page down. The world has given Mr. Spock a loving, sad farewell and now it's time to move on....