The Big Yard
Ken LambertonNotes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
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The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
The Backyard Fountain: A green oasis in the dry canyon.
June 3, 2026
The June doldrums. Hot, moisture-sucking air that draws out the life of living tissue under a brilliant incandescence. Leaves whither. Skin reddens and wrinkles. Dayligh...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
Mr. Swainson’s Thrush, on his way to the Pacific Northwest…or northern Arizona?
May 27, 2026
May draws to a close with a meager 74 species, worst numbers in years and not even close to the century mark of the previous Mays. Warblers are w...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
The culprit: A Male Anna’s Hummingbird who just won’t go away.
May 18, 2026
Wind. Again. This morning carries over from yesterday’s Red Flag Warning—a hot, dry blowtorch sucking moisture out of every succulent epithelial cell: leaf, blade...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
They’re back! The season’s first Brown-headed Cowbird surveys the yard.
May 9, 2026
This morning, the heady perfume of jasmine mingles with the smell of blooming elderberry, making me think of Monty Python insults and hamsters. But a liqu...
The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
The season’s first Western Tanager all the way from Central America.
April 29, 2026
We close out April with 77 species of birds for the month. Last night’s Mexican whip-poor-will and this morning’s arrivals being the latest: A western tan...
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