Back in 2018, my hard drive crashed. I mean, it crashed bad. Super bad. Super duper bad. . . . And I dumbly had been lazy about backing up my computer. Super duper lazy. Consequently, I lost a ton of photos from that year. But as I searched through the wreckage of...

Our oak titmouse babies fledged yesterday, so when I heard lots of hyper eager chirping outside this afternoon, I assumed it was the little homesick titmice returning to our yard to visit. Unexpectedly, it was a full-fledged family—kids and parents—of the Bewick's...

For years I have always managed to miss the moment when all of the fledglings in our various birdhouses emerged and took flight into the big beautiful world of our Sonoma Valley neighborhood. But this lazy Sunday morning, hearing a noisy cacophony of hungry birds in...

An oak titmouse was showing off his new mustache today in our backyard. (Or possibly HER new mustache.) And personally, I thought it looked absolutely . . . larvalous!

Apparently, they finally reopened the Taco Bell in Sonoma! Yaaaaaay!!!!

“A bee, or not a bee? That is the question.” Answer: Not a bee. It’s a drone fly hanging out on our backyard lilac tree. Fun facts: • The drone fly’s scientific name is Eristalis tenax. • Eristalis tenax doesn’t bite, nor does it sting. • Eristalis tenax has shorter...

The Melancholy Sparrow: This golden-crowned sparrow was in our backyard today munching on seeds from miner’s lettuce and other assorted “weeds," all part of an intense spring of bulking up so it can survive the long migration thousands and thousands miles north from...

I've always been sad that I've never seen a Cardinal in person, and bummed that they don't visit the West Coast. While grays and browns are perfectly pleasant and probably pretty practical in terms of protection from predators, I think if I were to be a bird, I'd want...

Uh oh. A White-Breasted Nuthatch saw its shadow today in our backyard. Which means, as we all of course know, . . . six more weeks of lockdown. ? On the bright side, at least it has an OK place to live. I believe this is the fifth straight year of Nuthatches hatching...