If you have been paying attention to your backyard birdseed feeder, you may have noticed some new faces among the usual suspects. Fall brings the arrival of white-crowned sparrows, and soon these ...

We commonly think of migrating birds as those who leave their winter homes in Mexico and other warmer climates to fly north each spring to nest, either summering in our neighborhood (Hooded Orioles ...

Soon after the much-anticipated fall warblers have moved through, peaking in late September through early October and heading south towards their winter homes, autumn hardens its stance, and winter ...

The orioles are gone now and as we slip into the mellow days of fall the nectar feeder hanging just outside my office window seems less exciting as only hummingbirds are buzzing about. But movement at ...

Fall is here, and the voices that tell me so are those of the crowned sparrows. There are two of these birds: the white-crowned and golden-crowned sparrow. Both arrive here in September from their ...

Usually the earliest warblers to arrive, they appeared on migration in late April this year, often in small flocks, after wintering in the southern U. S. and Mexico. They are very versatile, active ...

One of the most common winter sparrows, the white-crowned typically occurs in flocks, which may involve more than 100 birds. They feed in short grass or open areas adjacent to woodlands, hedgerows, or ...

The white-throated sparrow also has a close relative that is a little less common. The white-crowned sparrow is one of the more distinctive species in a family often unfairly dismissed as “little ...

• Mountain bluebirds usually arrive by late February; great-horned owls and golden eagles nest. • Mourning cloak and Milbert’s tortoiseshell butterflies may emerge from crevices behind bark on warm ...

The bird feeding blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum’s northeast corner is a fantastic place to quietly observe winter birds come and go to the seed put out by the Yakima Valley Audubon Society.

Some transplanted Easterners dismiss California’s idea of seasons: do we really call 50 degree temperatures and a bit of rain winter weather? But of course we have seasons, and to observe the ...