On Sundays, we visit my mom who is in a wonderful apartment in an assisted living facility. Truth be told, after raising my siblings and me she certainly has earned the right to a little extra TLC. However, on Sundays … Continue reading
Category Archives: Birds
While the spring bird migration seems to explode across the landscape bringing birds that are brightly colored and singing loudly, the movement of birds in fall seems to me to be more of a creeping thing. Certainly radar indicates that … Continue reading
One of the most common birds in urban areas is the house sparrow, which is not technically a sparrow in the ornithological sense, but a weaver finch. They are a bird which originated in Eurasia. There are still local “wild” … Continue reading
It may not feel like it, but fall is well underway. Unlike day-to-day shifts in the weather, the overall change in season is subtle and prolonged. We see … Continue reading
Ripples from the Dunes, written by Jay MacKenzie, Woodland Dunes summer intern During one of my first days as an intern at Woodland Dunes Nature Center, I was out at the Manitowoc Lakefront Birding Area helping staff members water and … Continue reading