“Bill, come up right now; quickly!” my wife shouted to me while I was tying fishing flies in my study. I had heard a loud bang and thinking she had fallen or had dropped something; I quickly shuffled my way up to the kitchen. “Look at this,” she said as she pointed to a dead […]
Say what you want about 2021, but most of us can resign ourselves to the fact that it was unforgettable. From developments in the Daybell case to Gabby Petito’s disappearance and murder to (of course) COVID-19, there was hardly a dull moment. Based on our analytics, here’s our list of the 10 most popular stories […]
Last week while looking for Horned Larks and Snow Buntings on the Rexburg Bench east of Rexburg, I noticed a flock of small birds flying from some wild sunflowers to pockets of weeds sticking out of the snow. One landed on a weed near my truck and I noticed the washed-out red-colored breast and the […]
Storms often blow in odd birds – birds that normally do not migrate or do not live in the area. But a blizzard like the one on Wednesday will trap birds by the dangerous winds and snow. After the snow stopped falling Wednesday afternoon, the wind was still blowing and I headed out to the […]
With the recent cold and a little snow, my suet feeders became the dinner plates for Downy and Hairy woodpeckers along with the Red-shafted Northern flickers. The peanut-flavored suet cakes got hammered first followed by the “high protein” cakes. Soon I had three Downys, two Hairys and usually four flickers in the back yard. The […]