Tag Archives: birds

San Juan Capistrano Swallows Depart

October 23rd is the traditonal date for the swallows to depart from San Juan Capistrano. Thousands of  San Juan Capistrano’s famous cliff swallows leave town every year in a swirling mass, the beginning of a 6,000 mile migration to their … Continue reading

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The Birdie Bebop

by IRENE FOWLER, Contributor “A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings becauseit has a song.”  – Maya Angelou “Enjoy the little things in life because one day you’ll look back and realize they were the … Continue reading

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Poems for Bird Day and Respect for Chickens Day

May 4th is Bird Day in the U.S. and Respect for Chickens Day, so here are four poems by four very different poets with four very different views of birds and chickens. To read the poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar, … Continue reading

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Man and Bird: A Sweet Relationship

Mutualism: two organisms of different species in a relationship where each individual benefits from the activity of the other. Honeyguides in northern Mozambique know when a Yao hunter makes a special trilling sound, he wants to find a bees’ nest — and … Continue reading

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Interlude – Field Sparrow Dawn Song

Click through for Lang Elliott’s recordings of field sparrows, including the delightful dawn song.

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Interlude – Eastern Bluebirds

Click through for Lang Elliot’s recordings of Eastern Bluebirds 

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