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The Big Yard: Notes from a Pajama Birdwatcher
August 15, 2022 Items I always carry in my car: sleeping bag, toolbox, binoculars, first-aid kit, snake stick. Sometimes, especially this time of year…
Ken Lamberton
Aug 16
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August 12, 2022 This morning the hummingbird feeders are empty. It must be August. Bat season. I refill them, thinking it’s time to get the feeder cages…
Ken Lamberton
Aug 13
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August 5, 2022 Nearly two inches of rain overnight has Banning Creek gushing through the Big Yard, spilling over gabions and clacking with…
Ken Lamberton
Aug 6
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July 31, 2022 The yard hosted 56 species of birds this month, somewhat shy of last month’s 66 birds and July of last year’s 65. Highlights include July…
Ken Lamberton
Aug 1
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July 22, 2022 Yesterday, I got a call from my neighbor while I visited my friend Dick Shelton in Tucson. “Are you home?” she asked. “No. Why?” “Because…
Ken Lamberton
Jul 23
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July 15, 2022 I’ve recently returned from soaking in isolation at the East Fork of the Black River near Alpine, Arizona, a forested place of steep…
Ken Lamberton
Jul 16
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July 5, 2022 Summer doldrums. The fray of thunderstorms stretches and relaxes into days of heat and calm...until the next monsoon frenzy. The…
Ken Lamberton
Jul 6
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June 29, 2022 With the best and earliest start to the monsoon season underway—3.8 inches of rain—the well is pumping, the tanks are full, and the creeks…
Ken Lamberton
Jun 30
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June 21, 2022, Summer Solstice This morning I suffered a bout of rarebirditis. An infection probably caused by my recent sighting of the orange-billed…
Ken Lamberton
Jun 22
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June 19, 2022 This week’s lesson in mindfulness: It’s essential to be in the moment during the long periods of ordinary if you want to see the rare…
Ken Lamberton
Jun 20
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June 15, 2022 5:30 am. A cool 60 degrees F. this morning but the heat is on with the blazing sunrise. Typical June. Hot, dry, and stupefying. I’ve just…
Ken Lamberton
Jun 16
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June 11, 2022 Last Thursday evening the eastern sky roiled with clouds of burnt umber sutured together with dendrites of lightning. The air smelled of…
Ken Lamberton
Jun 11
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