Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Sandhill Cranes rare pleasures in Carolinas

Sandhill Cranes are magnificent birds. Standing over 4 feet tall with a 7-foot wing span, they are one ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Hummingbird questions and answers

Over the last couple of years of writing this bird column, I have had many people write to ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Summer and Scarlet Tanagers

Those other “red birds” here Most of us are familiar with the “red-bird” – the local name for ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

English or house sparrows in Carolinas

In an earlier column we talked about our native sparrows here in Western North Carolina. Normally when you ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Indigo buntings in Western North Carolina

Here in the southern foothills of western North Carolina we have three species of “blue” birds to contend ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Heard and not seen: Yellow-billed Cuckoos or “Raincrows”

The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is one of those shy, hard to find species that is more often heard than ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

A spring day birding in Polk County

It was a chilly start to the day at Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE) as we started our ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Phantom of southern Appalachian mountain forests, saw-whet owls

Here in the southern Appalachians we have 5 species of owls that regularly occur and nest in our ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

A weekend visit to Huntington Beach, S.C.

It always seems to take ages to drive from the N.C. Mountains down to Murrell’s Inlet, S.C., but ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Rufous hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are not the usual birding fare during the winter months, but with more people leaving their feeders ...

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