Mike Havlik
This week’s Gift of Bird Watching species is the American woodcock. If you have never witnessed this bird’s sky dance in early spring, you are missing out on a real treat!
Find a forested area with a large clearing, and...
“Spring is coming soon. . . . Spring is coming soon.”
The optimistic song of the Eastern meadowlark signals the changing of seasons. This week’s Birding Gift is found in open country. These are bright yellow, football-shaped birds with a...
This is the time of year when one looks at the bird feeder and sees a red, sparrow-sized bird with streaking on the chest. After thumbing through the field guide, you confidently land on the finch page and say,...
As I was cleaning bluebird boxes at Voas Nature Area on a blustery February morning, I heard a muffled honk carried by the squalls of snow. Farm machinery, barking dogs, geese?
Thirteen snow white, refrigerator-sized birds appeared at roof height from the swirling...
When birders see a sparrow that they cannot identify, it is affectionately dismissed as a “little brown bird” or by shorthand, “LBB.”
This week’s Birding Gift, the American tree sparrow, is an easily identifiable bird and one of the most...
Each week the Dallas County Conservation Board will spotlight a bird that you should be able to see with little effort in our area.
Winter is a great time to start this hobby because birds are concentrated at feeders and easier to find...