As I stepped out of my back door to check my rock being cut, a movement in my wife’s petunia pot, caught my eye. “A hummingbird,” I thought as it disappeared around the corner of the house. I followed it, but it was smaller and much quicker than a hummingbird. I finally caught a good […]
“Kur-splash,” I heard as I parked my truck at the Juniper boat ramp at Ririe Reservoir on Tuesday morning. In the pre-dawn light, I could barely make out the osprey as it struggled to get airborne with a fish in its talons. Of course, the successful fisherman had to brag about its success and like […]
I interrupted a family gathering a week ago when I visited the dry Camas National Wildlife Refuge near Hamer. Three fledgling Long-billed curlews ran down the road in front of my truck as I traveled along the auto-route and as I got out to try to get a picture, dad showed up. He yelled and […]
Excuse me! Sorry for another hummingbird story, but neighbors and friends are reporting an abundance of Rufous hummingbirds invading their feeders and flowers. With over 25 of them in my neighborhood, they sometimes sound like giant bees chasing each other around. “I only had out one feeder and there was so many fighting over it […]
After a very slow start to the huckleberry season, the recent rains in the area mountains have revitalized some of the bushes where there were green and unripe berries. With seven weeks of temperatures in the 90s and no measurable rain, some of the green berries were drying on the plants. The prospect of harvesting […]