On September 21st, I saw, for the first time, a female Scarlet Tanager. I felt very lucky to see her because the behavior of scarlet tanager females is quiet and somewhat secretive, and they hang out very high in the canopy.

For the past couple of weeks, the Holler has been especially lively with several species of warblers de-bugging the trees, and cleaning up plants in my container garden.

Here are some individuals that showed up between August 18th and Septembe...

Several weeks ago, a female Northern Parula warbler started showing up at my bird feeders. She's clearly gathering food now and flying off with it, so I hope I get to see some fledglings at some point. I see several kinds of warblers here in the Holl...

This past week, the Holler was full of new voices. Some belonged to migrating birds arriving for the breeding season, or just passing through on their way farther north. But quite a few came from titmouse and woodpecker parents that built nests near ...

Last fall I tossed out some microgreen seeds that were getting pretty old. A few weeks ago, I noticed some plants that I didn't recognize had come up near the porch and seemed to be thriving. After a closer look and some internet research, I discover...