Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)By Mary Fox When I volunteered to script the July BOTM, one of the first birds I though of was the Tufted Puffin, also known as the Crested Puffin. You may wonder why a native Hoosier would choose a Pelagic species found along the Pacific Coast,...
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)By Joni James “Kee-aah” “Kee-aah” “Kee-aah” “Kee-aah” “Kee-aah”. Every spring this call rings out across my home area. It is the unmistakable emphatic call of one of our Buteo hawks– the red-shouldered hawk. They tend to be our more vocal hawk here. According to Birds of...
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)by Tracey Setze I can remember the first time I heard red-headed woodpeckers chattering to each other in our woods. I felt like I was interrupting the most important and special conversation of the day. There is nothing like the call of a red-headed woodpecker, especially...
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) by Alex Forsythe Many of you know that the White-throated Sparrow comes in two forms: white-crowned and tan-crowned. What you might not know is why. First, the two colors rarely mate with each other. They follow the adage “opposites attract” rather than “birds of a...
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)By Joni James One of the common birds I am especially fond of is the White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis). During winter I see them more closely as they fly to my deck railing outside the window where I sit at my journaling table. They are within...
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)By Josh Hill Birding at Work:What the Treasurer sees from his office every day The Brown Creeper is a little bird with special behavior that distinguishes itself from other “winter birds” in Indiana. It is “One of a kind in North America” but eight similar species...
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