Cedar Waxwings are Flycatchers?
The first time I ever saw Cedar Waxwings catch flies was this July in my Canaan, NH back yard. In the early evening, a flock of mystery birds began awkwardly leaping and tumbling from the top of a tall tree in an ungainly reproduction of flycatcher behavior. They did...
Goldfinches
Apparently, I don’t know a damned thing about goldfinches. This despite the fact that goldfinches and I go way back. In Houston, two yards down from my small, private nature preserve, was a glorious and enormous American Elm. This was once a ubiquitous street tree. Elms shaded our growing...