Cascade Ramblings

Our Swallows are Back! They always put a smile on my face as I remember my mother's excitement at the returning swallows to the nesting ...

Our Anna's Hummingbirds now have babies! This photo of the mother feeding a baby was taken on March 24th in the Lodge Central Courtyard ...

Anna's Hummingbird Spring birding is the best! This morning the sun was out here at Dallas Retirement Village, and the birds were active...

BLUEBIRD UPDATE - - Last week I showed a photo and wrote about watching our Western Bluebirds at a nesting box by the Pavilion here at Dalla...

This morning Jeanette and I went birding at Fort Yamhill State Heritage Area , another of our favorite places to bird. It is also steeped in...

Jeanette and I have been tracking Osprey arrivals in Polk County for the past ten years. Amazingly they are quite predictable in their arriv...

A pair of Western Bluebirds here at Dallas Retirment Village are getting serious about nesting once again.  This nesting box is located at t...