Tag: red-bellied woodpecker

  • Welcome, Babies!

    Three-minute read Looking out my living room window recently, I was reminded of an old-time hospital maternity ward, where well-wishers gathered behind glass to view sleepy, swaddled newborns. Outside my window there were babies galore, but they weren’t sleepy or swaddled; they were hopping about, shadowing their parents, already learning so much about the world. …

    Small brown, black, and white bird know as the Eastern towhee standing on the ground. There is bird seed on the ground near the bird.
  • A Child in the Woods

    Indeed, I, the bird nerd grandma, had been biding my time, wondering when I might begin teaching Myles about nature. Now I could charge full-speed ahead. Myles had binoculars and he liked them!

    Small blue (purple) flowers with four petals and a yellow center.