What a long year it's been. I've been outsourcing my hope to the tiny green shoots pushing out of the hard soil. Then the intense rain we've been getting has flooded the flower pot. The metaphors write themselves. But folks, we're heading into February: Valentine's month. When everything out of your control feels dark, it's… Continue reading Linnet – A Real Bleeding Heart
Can you believe we're already into the second month of the year? February has risen above the other months of the year for me since we gained that extra holiday in Ireland, but it still feels like a relatively quiet month. To jazz up this dull period, we thought we'd write about a bird of… Continue reading Buzzard – An Unexpected Comeback Story
Following on from last month's post, we wanted to talk about a bird who terrorizes coots and all the other birds who live around rivers, ponds, and wetlands. They may take the appearance of a motionless sentinel on the water's edge, but this bird is in no-way a protector. This month's bird is the grey… Continue reading Grey Heron – Riverside Raiders
There will actually be two birds discussed in this post: the pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) and the grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea). The pied wagtail, glasóg shráide in Irish, is a common sight around urban areas. I remember walking through my college campus each morning and being accompanied by these sprightly little birds dashing across… Continue reading Wagtails – Little Movers