Mike Jacobs
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The sora is a fairly common bird, and it’s fairly easy to find. Still, it is seldom seen. That’s because the sora is a specialist. It likes wet places with...
Just about any patch of cover will have a sparrow. This includes backyards, ditches, field edges, shelterbelts, pastures, prairie and wetlands — but not deep woods. Sparrows are classic “edge...
Ordinarily, I’m not much of a chaser of birds, but Say’s phoebe is special, so when Dave Lambeth reported a Say’s phoebe in Grand Forks County last week, I went...
The yellow-headed blackbird is a kind of poseur, taking on different roles as circumstances warrant. He can be submissive or aggressive. He can be elegant and patrician. Or he can...
One day, a couple of decades ago, a caller wanted to know the “real name” of the “mailbox bird.” It was gray, she said, and not very big, and it...
Picking a bird of the week can be risky, especially at this time of year, when new species blow through — sometimes literally — in a single day. What’s abundant...
The yard birds get a lot of attention this time of year, and that’s not surprising. They are just outside our windows, after all, easy to see and — for...
The yellow-rumped warbler is aptly named, but the rump is only one of five spots of yellow on this little bird. The others are at the top of the head,...
It was quite a week in the bird world, one that will be remembered through this season and probably for a long time to come. On Tuesday, especially, there was...
BOWMAN COUNTY, N.D. — Stan Kohn and I were laughing like new friends do when they’ve just discovered a common interest. We were in his pickup at first light on...