Winter flocks fun to watch as they prepare to fly out
By Clay Christensen As I think about birds and fall, I think about migration and flocks of birds flying about, turning in the sky like a cloud with some sort... Read More
When Cooper’s Hawks nest in your neighborhood
By Clay Christensen For the past several weeks, I have not been seeing as many birds at my feeders as I usually do. When I refilled my feeders the other... Read More
My birding buddy
by Clay Christensen My son, Andrew (Drew) passed away in early February of this year. He’d been suffering for a year or two with temporal frontal degradation. It took him... Read More
Birds jockeying with winter visitors
This is a column about winter visitors I’ve had this year. When my dog Rocky and I head out for a walk, he leads me down the back steps, then... Read More
Up close and personal with the saw-whet owl
The call of the northern saw-whet owl is described as toot-toot-toot and can go on for hours. One reference describes the call as incessant. I used to think that this... Read More
A view of the European Starling
I used to work at the National Marrow Donor Program (now called Be The Match) as a programmer/systems analyst. One benefit of working there was the opportunity to serve as... Read More
