Birding the Cochiti Area

“I hear a Townsend’s Solitaire,” Rebecca whispered. Several of us began walking down the drive towards the road at the Cochiti Lake Campground, following its call, a high-piched ‘tew.’
“I see it,” I announced. It was perched on the top of a small evergreen. It resembled a slightly smaller and plumper version [...]

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Northern Gannets on Bonaventure Island

Welcome to Wing and Song – It’s a bird thing. The header features nesting Northern Gannets on Bonaventure Island that I saw when I visited Quebec Province during the summer of 2006.
Little white puff balls rested delicately under many of the female gannets on the cliff top nesting spot. Some [...]

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Roadrunner in my yard

A little while ago as I was sitting here at my computer, I saw a Roadrunner scurry through my yard. I have seen it ‘running’ up my street before, but never in my yard. I presumed that it had left and had not connected his appearance with the dearth of bird activity at my feeders. [...]

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Curve-billed Thrasher

I have gotten quite a kick out of the lone Curve-billed Thrasher who makes his appearance each day at dusk after the rest of the birds have sequestered themselves. Yesterday he was just sitting in the small hanging platform feeder where I put peanuts for the Jays and gazing around. His head was resting [...]

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