Northview Diary

  Back in the day,  when we filled all the mows in all the barns with sweet-scented bales, and loaded two silos with fermented corn and gras...

  Disheveled and downright soggy, this poor Red-tailed Hawk was being mobbed by Blue Jays as well as getting wet. Did I mention it was raini...

Immature White-crowned Sparrow Everyone had big plans for this weekend  (that didn't involve birds). We were going to have another sale ...

We made it to the Outer Banks today after a pretty rough trip. It is everything the kids told us and more. As I sit here in our hotel ro...

Lesser Scaup in front of McDonald's last winter This is never the best time of year for me . The short days and gloom and all..... ...

Check out these odd leucistic, or piebald birds we found over the past week or two. Above is an unusual Canada Goose with a white hea...

Despite a week busy with hay and such, we saw some decent birds. One was lifer for me, a Louisiana Waterthrush, not a rare bird, but a k...

You might remember how the little front porch opens onto the big front hall, with the tall stairway and two stories of space acting as s...

Baby Grackles. Their parents have utterly fouled...or should it be fowled...my garden pond, dumping fecal sacs into it. Can't wait unt...

I know, I know, it's Mi Vida Loca . But since we sold the cows and our world contracted to a microcosm of its former self, I have kep...

Tomorrow the family Christmas get together. Sunday the holiday itself. With a two-year-old. She is so excited. Monday Johns...

White-throated Sparrow It froze hard last night, so although the walking wasn't great, it was possible so I went out on a little ...

First the duck. The white on this duck is actually white, not an artifact of the light in the photo. I have put it up on every bir...