
Bird info nobody asked for. Bird stuff everybody needs. Merch for the 'hold on, I think I hear something' crowd. Unapologetic and intentional.
Community sightings, editorial opinions, and birds that are personally wronging us.
Two of them duetting in the oaks behind our house. The female's voice is higher — I never knew that. Stood there so long my feet went numb. Could not care less.
This bird has been hammering the same dead branch for three weeks. Today it finally excavated a hole and stuck its entire head inside like it was checking for mail. I whispered 'yes' out loud. Alone. In my office.
Nobody ever posts about this bird because it looks like a piece of bark that learned to walk. But right now they're working tree trunks everywhere and if you actually stop and watch one spiral up an oak for two minutes, you'll wonder how you ever missed them. The tiniest, weirdest climber. A gremlin in the best way.