Birds and Blooms
The Mysterious Lives of Nighthawks
AS THE SUN NEARS THE WESTERN HORIZON, you hear a buzzy call, pzzeent!, from overhead. Looking up, you see a bird about the size of a pigeon but with narrow, angular wings, sailing and fluttering in a bouncy, zigzag flight. Mostly brown, the bird is...
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Fall bird stories
During the peak of fall colors, a maple tree in my yard was a striking vibrant orange. I captured a photo of this singing tufted titmouse with the blurred colors of the maple tree in the background. Andy Raupp MONTELLO, WI BOLD MOVES Although it’s a...
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Perfect Your Own Prairie
THINK LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE— but in your yard. Those who’ve read pioneer Laura Ingalls Wilder’s magnum opus can envision the breathtaking beauty of the prairie through her simple yet detailed prose. In the chapter “Prairie Days,” Wilder writes,...
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Here’s to You!
It’s a fact: We couldn’t make this magazine without you. Contributions from you, our readers, are the heart and soul of this brand, and they have been since Birds & Blooms was launched a little over 30 years ago. To put it into perspective, I counted...
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