Ring-necked Pheasant is a common introduced gamebird across most of the midwest, and the double honks of the roosters are a frequent sound this time of year in eastern Nebraska. On this trip, though we heard the birds a few times, the only one I actually saw was this one, which arrived on Jason’s doorstep [...]

In spite of the dramatic thunderstorms that hit Saturday morning, with lightning enough to chase us inside, the weather stayed warm while we were in eastern Nebraska. Eastern Bluebirds and Eastern Phoebes sang from the loess bluffs and fields, and Eastern Meadowlarks, typically an early April arrival, were firmly on territory at Walnut Creek (with [...]

The Aimophila Adventures trip to Nebraska each March is typically a late-winter trip, with chilly temperatures and at least a little snow on the ground. Not this year! It was in the high 60s Fahrenheit when I landed in Omaha last Wednesday, and American Robins, an exotic sight for a southwesterner, were running and singing [...]

I remember spring in the midwest as the time of catkins and cotton. Just when you think the winter is over, down comes a blizzard of furry seeds from willows and cottonwoods, clogging your nose and your windowscreens–and providing food for migrating birds.
While May was cotton season in my Great Plains childhood, here in Tucson it’s [...]

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