Fledged
Spring is here! I’m 10-weeks post ankle surgery and finally crutch-(and scooter)-free. I’m still in a walking boot for stabilization, but I have my hands available now to hold important things like cameras and binoculars. So I can look at important yard birds like Rufous Hummingbirds! And I finally got photo evidence of a Brown…
Highs and lows
Spring, spring, spring! Migration is happening and I’m still slowly recovering from ankle surgery. The cast is off, the boot is on, but I still can’t walk. Yet. But that doesn’t mean I can’t look at birds. At least those accessible from flat ground. Which is why I was so happy to get a message…
Lunch walk, tricked by a warbler, and Oaks Bottom
I had a pleasant walk during my lunch break yesterday. First, I spent some quality time in the parking lot with this charming White-crowned Sparrow. In my Little Brown Bird class, I learned these sparrows are common in flocks in the winter, and they frequent parking lots in summer. Rather peculiar. I checked up on the Bushtit…