While I was on a bike ride Saturday, a bird caught my eye as it landed on a pole on the on-ramp to the Pacific Boulevard viaduct in Albany. But that was not the reason I stopped.
When you’re sitting at your desk on the first of November and it rains, it’s nice to look outside and see a couple of feathered friends on an otherwise gloomy day.
Normally you’d be wasting water if your sprinkler wets the concrete sidewalk instead of the grass. But not always.
When you wake up to an inch of snow on the ground and walk out to get the paper, you have to admire the dedication of people who have dogs.
What’s my excuse for running a photo of a bird? I don’t have one. But on the eve of Thanksgiving, I figured I’d chance it.
One gull was taking a breather atop the light, but dozens of others were circling the Albany Fred Meyer parking lot the other night. And some were swooping menacingly low. So, naturally I thought of Tippi Hedren.
We interrupt this channel for a hungry bird
There I was, staring at my laptop, when I looked up and saw something more interesting just outside the window. A northern flicker had come by to have a meal.
Tags: Birds, northern flicker, suet feeders, The Cornell Lab, woodpeckers