Wednesday in Wyoming - September 24, 2025

 

What's a duck doing in a yard with no pond or water feature? That's the question I ask each time I see a pair of mallards waddling through the grass. You won't be surprised to learn that they don't answer.

Wednesday in Wyoming - September 17, 2025

 

Here's another attractive bird, an American kestrel. I only saw it one year, but the contrast of the rust colored feathers against the gray appealed to me. 

Wednesday in Wyoming - September 10, 2025

 

This Northern Flicker is one of my favorite birds, mostly because of its unusual coloring. How often do you see a bird that's apparently wearing a bib? 

Wednesday in Wyoming - September 3, 2025

 

This month I thought I'd stay close to home, at least for my blog posts, and so I'm featuring Backyard Birds.

This Swainson's Hawk was a frequent visitor one summer, perhaps because there was a lot of food for him in the form of ground squirrels and baby bunnies. But one day instead of taking a bath in the birdbath, he washed his food. What was it? A slice of bread. You can imagine what happened when that went into the water.