The Birds & The Bees

During the warmer weather this past week, I awoke to the sounds of many more martin arrivals.  I could tell they were new arrivals by the wa...

" I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies ...

What do you do if you have purple martin fever in the early spring, but your colony has not returned yet?  The cure for the fever, I have fo...

My first 'scout' for the season arrived yesterday evening (3/15) at 5:00 PM.! They're here!

I'm so glad I decided to pull on my wading boots this past weekend to trudge through the water & muck to raise some housing and a fe...

It seems like it has been forever since we have seen a warm day.  'Warm' is relative though isn't it?  I was thrilled when the t...

After I shot my first starling in 1998, I put the gun away and cried for three days.  I just couldn’t bring myself to do it again.  Then, I ...