I need to think of a new title for this annual post, but it's the only one that seems fitting when my feathered friends disappear...

This goes on all day: It was too windy to use the audio from the GoPro,  (which was strapped to the water hydrant, not my head) ...

We're now at 88 consecutive days without measurable precipitation. It has to rain eventually, right? Until it does, we'll just...

This encore post is from September 2, 2016. ***   The feral beast and I had just finished a photo shoot of the vine when who should ...

I'll move back so you can see where I found the bird (a warbler? a finch?) and the bush (Russian sage).    See him?...

This encore post is from June 28, 2016. *** I'm astonished by the number of birds that hang out here... ...despite the ...

 This little guy was hanging out at the barn last evening.  He hopped from perch to perch, offering me his best side whenever he ...

Yesterday morning, I was interrupted by quite a ruckus  on the front porch.   Imagine my surprise to find a pair of young swallows...

The first time I saw a raven flying overhead with a great big egg in his mouth, I wrote it off to my active imagination.  The second...

 Another day, another kamikaze dove. This one appears to have kept his eyes open upon impact. I'm not finding any bodies b...

The feral beast and I had just finished our photo shoot of the vine when who should cross our garden path but a female broad-tailed humm...