An Ozark Naturalist

This past week, the same day I photographed the Brown Creepers in my last post, I was headed home after work, when my good karma paid off. Just before my turn, I saw this on the roadside.

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While we’re still on the subject of nemesis birds, I’d like to mention another: the Brown Creeper. Creepers winter here and they’re reasonably common, but until recently, I was without a halfway acceptable photo of one.

They’re not especially wary and will generally let you approach, but they never stop moving, the way they cling to a […]

Day 2 of the Great Oklahoma Rough-Legged Hawk Expedition got off to an inauspicious start when we overslept by an hour. The only thing that really cost us though, was seeing the police arrest the “crazy woman” in the lobby, at least according to the desk clerk. I’m sorry we missed it; a little excitement to […]

I have a nemesis bird. OK, I have several, but one stands out from the others: Rough-legged Hawk (RLHA from here on, just because I’m lazy.) I may have seen one back in the late 80s in the extreme southwest part of Missouri, but I was a complete newbie to birding and I can’t remember enough […]

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