Tips on making your yard a bird sanctuary

A surprise request came in to my mailbox several days ago. The real estate firm Redfin asked me to contribute some words of advice on how to attract birds to your yard. I’d been considering a post on that very topic, so here’s what I submitted: We’ve set up a triangle that attracts a colorfulContinue reading “Tips on making your yard a bird sanctuary”

Bueller? Bueller? Birds at the parking lot

As if to prove there’s no rhyme or reason to birding, consider the parking lot birds that appear just as you’re about to leave the birding location or, even rarer in my experience, those who show up just as you arrive. That latter scenario played out Thursday morning when I pulled into the Cold SoilContinue reading “Bueller? Bueller? Birds at the parking lot”