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Olympia - Part II

Birders Scott and Penny are back at it in Olympia, Washington. Here’s how their long day of birding in Washington’s capital turned out: We had enough time after lunch to walk to the capitol building along the shores of Capital Lake, a dammed body of water adjacent to Budd Inlet, resting below the capitol itself.  The [...]

Olympia - Part I

Birders Scott and Penny set out for a two-part birding adventure. Check out what they saw in colorful detail… Bored with the normal weekend pursuit of new yard birds, Scott and I went looking for a novel local area in which to bird.  After all it was Scott’s birthday weekend and we needed something completely different [...]

The Trouble with Tabbies

Here’s another post from our birding experts, Penny Rose and Scott Hoskin: The dreaded phone call finally came on a Friday afternoon.  While relaxing on his day off Scott was horrified to see Lady Raz catch and kill a Dark-eyed Junco in our backyard before he could intervene.  This little tabby had shown up in our [...]

Food for thought- feeding hummingbirds

Feeding hummingbirds correctly is simple and rewarding.  Doing it incorrectly can be disappointing or worse, fatal for the hummingbirds.  Keys for success include following the simple 4 to 1 ratio recipe that mimics the sugar content of wildflower nectar and keeping the feeders clean. Difficulties arise in feeding when we humans attempt to enhance this recipe.  [...]