Great Horned Owl, Wilcox, Arizona, January, 2005. Click on the Title to see the column. 2006 September 29    September 22    September 15   Where Do the Hawks Go? September 8   A Day of Pipers and Peeps (and Plovers) September 1   Western Reef Heron August 25   The Anatomy of a Rare Bird Chase August 18   Ruby-throated Hummingbird August 11   Many Challenges and Dangers for Young Birds August 4   Rare Shorebirds Visit New England July 28   Dry Facts about Common Breeding Birds July 21   Broad-winged Hawk July 14   Filling of the Bird Atlas June 30   Birding in the Town of Stratton June 23   Two Good Encounters on the Trail to Stratton June 16   Nesting Eagles in Vermont June 9   My Favorite Birds June 2   Those Wonderful Wood Warblers!! May 26   Birding in a South Jersey Swamp May 19   Birding as a Competitive Sport May 12   Good Birding Can Be What You Hear May 5   Expanding Range of the Red-bellied Woodpecker April 28   Parenting By Canada Geese April 21   Tangled Relationships among Canada Geese April 14   Spring! April 7   The Phoebe is a Good Neighbor March 31   Chasing a Gyrfalcon March 24   The Recovery of the Wild Turkey March 17   Signs of Spring March 10   The Life and Times of the Wild Turkey March 3   From Winter to Spring February 24   Help the Birds - Have a Cup of Coffee February 17   On a Wild Goose Chase February 10   Another Murder of Crows February 3   A Murder of Crows January 27   Birds in Numbers January 20   The Little Brown Bird That Is Still a Little Brown Bird January 13   Wintering Ducks - In Splendid Plumage and Entertaining Display January 6   In Pursuit of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker 2005 December 29   Christmas Bird Count - 2005 December 23   The Different Life and Times of Two Similar Doves December 16   Eurasian Collared-Dove or Ringed Turtle-Dove? December 9   The History of the Christmas Bird Count December 2   The Singing Life of Birds November 18   The Nesting Failfure of the House Wren Widow November 11   A Satisfying Cape May Weekend November 4   10,000 Snow Geese and One Ross' Goose October 28   A Black-tailed Gull Makes a First Vermont Appearance October 21   Among Huge Flocks of Sparrows, a Rare Dickcissel Appears October 14   White-throated Sparrows Are Practicing Their Songs October 7   How to Keep Squirrels Out of Birdfeeders September 30   Science Classes on Putney Mountain September 23   The Cardinal Is Everyone's Favorite Bird September 16   Don't Expect To See Hawks on Putney Mountain September 9   Bald-headed Birds September 2   When the Trees Take Flight August 26   The House Wren Widow August 19   What Is a Raptor? August 12   Science and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker August 5   Entertainment and Drama Around the Bird Feeders July 29   Hot On the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker July 22   Ruby-throated Hummingbird July 15   Fledglings July 8   Confirming the Breeding Presence of Lincoln's Sparrow July 1   A Smaller Chorus on Sunset Lake Chris Petrak is a birding hobbyist who writes "Tailfeathers" for a local Vermont newspaper. He lives in South Newfane. E-mail: chrsptrk@svcable.net All contents of this page Copyright © 2001-2006 by Chris Petrak. All rights reserved.