Bird Mountain

Behind the Katydid Curtain

[October-in-August]

Sep 6 • 

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August 2025

Murmurings and silences

(Summer 2025 at two bird mountains)

Aug 20 • 

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June 2025

Occult Ebb to Solstice

Cranes, chats, and other wonders

Jun 20 • 

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May 2025

Early bird specials on Grosbeak Trail...

...and heron-filled nights

May 16 • 

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April 2025

Look to the skies!

Flockwatching

Apr 25 • 

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Trickle-up dynamics

No good winds

Apr 14 • 

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Fire on the mountain

By the first week of March, a new old laptop and repaired NFC antenna made it to the garage, and just in time.

Apr 4 • 

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March 2025

Leo's winds

After a brief warm spell, temperatures dipped through the end of February, and the birds seemed to freeze in their tracks.

Mar 5 • 

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February 2025

End of an Old-Fashioned Winter

Now that was a real winter!

Feb 28 • 

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False Spring

January ends with rain, sending ice floes down the river to jam up duck traffic.

Feb 10 • 

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January 2025

The Way Januarys Are Supposed To Be

(cold)

Jan 28 • 

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Novus annum, novus avibus

New Year’s Day is rain and wind, and the first bird on my Plummer’s Hollow 2025 list is a Common Raven. From my balcony perch in downtown Tyrone, facing…

Jan 14 • 

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