Surprised by Time

Every spring I know less about what I am seeing, or, the ratio between what I know and what I am seeing is smaller. I had not befo...

Crows in moult: the view from my desk. Watching the crows this summer, we have learned to distinguish several of them by a combin...

Washcrow and Her, courting, early March. It's been a very satisfactory year for crows, beginning in March when we were able to ...

Primary feathers from left and right wings, thinner on the fore-edge. Erosion is evident on both edges. From July on, the crow...

The weather and the crows have been splendid this summer. Two pairs -- one for the third summer -- have brought their fledglings to ...

  Goldfinches in winter. Surprised by Time began four years ago today.  This is the 250th post -- at least 398,000 words -- and I a...

Crow died when he landed on the wrong part of an electric power line just after noon on Wednesday.  It took two and a half hours fo...