Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
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The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
September 4, 2026
What a difference a day makes. Wednesday, the hummingbirds drained two gallons of nectar from the feeders. Thursday…well, let’s just say I didn’t need to spend that $40 on twenty pounds of sugar.
Such is the vagaries of...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
The tail end of a young Allen’s Hummingbird from yesterday.
August 28, 2026
A tail of two hummingbirds.
August draws to a close with a lunar eclipse and 59 species of birds, the latest arriving with a moon as colorful as a copper coin. A...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
An adult female Lucifer Hummingbird graces the yard for the first time this year.
August 21, 2026
Lucifer rises.
And she lifts all hummingbirds with her. Just this week, it seems all is right with the world. The hummingbirds are migratin...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
A glimpse of the Mule Mountains today from the Big Yard.
August 12, 2026
Empty hummingbird feeders overnight. That can mean only one thing. The nectar bats have returned from Mexico.
Well, it is August. The month of caging feeders.
I re...
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...
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