Category: Backyard Birding

Inside my 5MR

Backyard Birding Birding Trips Five Mile Radius

Inside my 5MR there’s a lot going on. First off, spring is finally here! It is the best of times. Although extra rainy lately, there were a few sunny moments when the flowers were blooming and the hummers were humming. There’s a lot of 5MR babies happening. This little Anna’s Hummingbird in the nest by…

By Audrey April 12, 2019 1

Winter adventures

Backyard Birding Birding Trips Five Mile Radius

January was a good month of birding. Outside my 5MR Philip Kline spotted a Harlequin Duck near Eagle Creek Fish Hatchery in the Gorge, it would be a county bird for me and I thought it would make a great mini-adventure for Tomas and I. Most of the trails and roads are still closed in…

By Audrey February 5, 2019 6

Fall Birding

Backyard Birding Birding Trips Fall

Fall birding is blowing up. White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows have returned to the yard singing “oh deear mee” making me so happy. I was also finally around to see a Red-breasted Sapsucker that I’ve only recorded in the yard once three years ago (!). I might have jumped up and down. Or I would have except I’d…

By Audrey October 18, 2018 1