IS IT EVER GOING TO GET WARM HERE?

I know, people say “be careful what you wish for” and I know that is very much true when wishing for warmer weather here in Yakima. We all know it is definitely going to get warmer, and then hot as blue blazes, but I am wanting to know “when“. Right now, as I write this

WHERE DID THEY GO?

I have been desperately watching my hummingbird feeder for the past couple of weeks and it seems that they have gone somewhere. I haven’t seen any for the past week or so, and when that happens I begin to go into Bird Withdrawal. It’s a real condition that us birders get quite often when our

VISITORS

Usually when I post something about us having visitors, it means we’ve had the pleasure of seeing a new, unusual bird. This time, however, it means that we have had actual HUMAN visitors! Linda and I both were beyond delighted when our very best friends from North Carolina, Mike and Scott, came here to Yakima

THE WAY OF MAY

Spring is always an interesting time here in the Pacific Northwest. It is so different from North Carolina. Back there, a lot of the trees, bushes, and flowers will have already been in bloom for quite some time. Out here, we are just now getting some of them to bloom and a lot still have

SPRINGTIME BIRDS

There are two times of the year when it is especially exciting to be a “birder” (someone who loves birds). They are Fall Migration and Spring Migration. These two events give us the opportunity to see birds that we don’t see during the rest of the year. Some of them stay for a few months