Every morning when I get up, the first birds I hear are the warblings of eastern bluebirds. They are year-round residents of East Texas and a national treasure. It doesn’t hurt that I once put up more ...

A male eastern bluebird darts from its perch to the ground to capture an insect. When the light is angled just right, the feathers on the bird's back and tail flash a brilliant blue — so blue, in fact ...

We have a large group of house sparrows that have taken over our front yard, especially the huge quince that provides thorny protective cover. I don’t particularly begrudge the house sparrows their ...

Happy March! As I write this it is March 1 – the beginning of a very nice forecast for the first half of this typically winter-like month. Who knows what the end of March and all of April will bring ...