If you have ever watched a chicken scratch for food you might remember that it will scratch with one foot while balancing on the other. The Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus scratches with both feet at the same time during a hopping motion. Perhaps you have noticed. How many birds …
Our kitchen window offers a view into a wooded area on the east side of the house. I often stand at the sink and watch birds forage for food. When summer lapses into fall and winter cold threatens starvation the birds begin to look elsewhere for food. Then I hang …
July 27, 2007: Gresham, Multnomah County, OR: Chris reported to me that goldfinches were working in a patch of Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense), harvesting the seeds and no doubt scattering many of them to the wind. I made several attempts to photograph the action but as soon as I set …