Backyard Birding...And Beyond

A site about birds and other natural phenomena, by MARGO D. BELLER.

Sunday, May 24, 2026

'Dumb' Bird Watching

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This very rainy morning I sat on my enclosed porch and watched the wren box. Even though the rain had weighed the dogwood branches down to ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

My Big Days

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The annual  World Series of Birding is on Saturday, May 9, this year.  Ornithologist Ludlow Griscom and his protege, Roger Tory Peterson ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

And Then There Were Two

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Since my last post  I haven't spent much time in the yard because it is migration time. I've risen early and gone places at various...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Spruce Makes a Discovery

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Early in the morning the birds are calling. They are proclaiming their territories as they search for food and a mate. If that is when they ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Spring Wonders

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In the small gap between the winter's foot of snow and the advent of unusual April heat in my part of the country, we had spring. In e...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Walking Again

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It was with great relief that for the first time in too long I was finally able to walk the paths of my favorite birding locations without f...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Spruce Loses His Winter Coat

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I was in the backyard the other morning, checking to make sure the woodpeckers had not finished all the suet in the feeder, when Spruce Brin...
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Margo D. Beller
Since graduation from Boston University with a major in print journalism I have been working as a reporter, then as a copy editor, in print and electronic media. This blog continues that work.
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