DEAR JOAN: Our backyard is blessed with a family of oak titmice, which we think are in the running for the world’s cutest bird. My wife and I have wondered how the oak titmouse came by its name. It ...
September is a fine month for enjoying oaks. Deciduous species still have their leaves, the lovely angular foliage of black oaks begins to turn to gold and acorns weigh down the boughs to attract the ...
People often ask me what the pretty yellow birds in their yard are (they’re goldfinches). Others inquire about the red ones (house finches, or as the poets and old-timers like to call them, linnets).