Why do crows caw?
Stop, you’re hurting me!
One day, while we warmed ourselves around the toaster, my grandmother told me that the cold had chilled her to the bones. I think I know what she meant.
Too cold to snow?
According to the National Snow & Ice Data Center, the always popular NSIDC, it can be too warm to snow, but not too cold to snow. Snow can occur as long as there is a source of moisture and the air is cooled. I hope you find that comforting.
A watcher in the woods.
In the winter, I convert the container garden over to the task of raising a crop of snow.
At the Bird Cafe, the special is sunflower seeds covered in corn kernel gravy.
The favorite stories of 2017 from Bird Watcher’s Digest
It’s why we say “Uffda!”
Greetings of “Cold enough for you?” abound.
Al Batt: Consider personal birding preferences when choosing binoculars
Please send warm thoughts. Merry Christmas.
Sending warm thoughts from here to there. Merry Christmas.
A blue jay’s uneven molt in September.
The 12 Days of Christmas.
Pontificating on the radio.
I hope the children in Texas are moving faster than the snakes.
A sheepherder had died.
A sheepherder had died. His body was placed in a casket and shipped by train to relatives back east. Shep watched his deceased master depart in that box. The forever faithful sheep dog of Fort Benton, Montana, maintained a vigil of greeting four trains each day, hoping for his master’s return.
