Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, I remember as a small child, watching birds out the kitchen window in "Joe's House" as we called the house on highway P in Cross Plains. We lived that house from the time I was four, until the spring of my 4th grade year.… more »

There is a lot of catching up to do. Much has changed since I was last writing regularly. My wife is the author of ScrappyPam. She is into papercraft, not fiber. A while back, in an effort to merge our hobbies and provide material for her craft, I start… more »

We took to calling the last House Finch nestling Lonely because he or she sat there all alone for two days before flying off. The next is now empty and hit has been removed from atop the pillar on the porch. We think Lonely had a lot more than jus… more »

All the other nestlings have flown. I suspect by the end of the day, our nest will be empty. more »

Our new house has these columns by the front door. We're not really column people, but they came with the house. The day after we moved in, Pam told me there was a bird's nest over one of the columns and she thought we should take it down. I love bird… more »