Rob sez: Highlights were my first Ruddy Duck (female) at the CF this year and a consistently calling Brown Creeper

     Today's "The Bird Watcher" column is on two backyard harbingers of winter — the Dark-Eyed Junco and the

    If you are planning to go Central America — or just love learning about birds — I highly recommend

    I was going to post the following photo for Halloween, but figured it shouldn't wait, in light of the

  Peter Fenzel will present "Rediscovering John Fell" at the Hermitage History Roundtable at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, at

    The duck is a Northern Shoveler. The haircut is a D.A.

   Tom Burr sent in this Monday Morning Mystery, in honor of last night's Ducks at Dusk event at the

     Made a quick trip, between showers, to the Warden's Watch, for a little "Ducks at Dusk" preview.   

    This is the last of the latest series Hawk Mountain shots — what I call an upside-down mushroom, photographed

Rob sez:Highlight at CF was a cooperative YB SAPSUCKER (f) hanging out along No Name Culvert. There may have been