The Big Yard
Ken LambertonNotes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
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The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
August 5, 2026
On this August morning, after nearly nine inches of monsoon rain, the canyon is emerald green with chlorophyll-bursting life. At last, those of the hemoglobin kind take their rightful place in the world. We are only food for...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
The South Fork of Banning Creek where it runs through the property after a thunderstorm. You can literally taste the mosquitoes. Got swallows?
July 29, 2026
Dewpoints in the 60s. An overcast sky. The morning is cool and damp, clouded with...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
And so it begins—Juvenile Male Rufous Hummingbird pointed toward Mexico.
July 22, 2026
Morning dew drips from the metal roof over my head and splashes on my camera. No matter. After nearly six inches of rain for July, tying a 2015 record,...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
July 15, 2026
What a difference a week makes. The monsoon shock of green. Something both visual and audible. I can’t remember the last time it rained every day for this many days, the gauge filling and overfilling. Nearly four inches of ra...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
The fountain with a new addition from Warners Nursey in Flagstaff: A trickling pot.
July 8, 2026
Something unexpected. Improbable. Impenitent. More feathered absurdity and astonishment.
Early this week, as I stood in the yard admiring th...
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