It’s now 2026, and the New Year arrived cold and windy. No doubt the cold and icy patches will be around for a long time.
It was really cold last Sunday, when the annual Bethlehem/Easton Christmas Bird Count took place. Bird counts are normally a reason to get outdoors, but if we didn’t have a truck that enabled David to drive me around, my count numbers would’ve been pathetic.
At one spot by the woods, I saw several species of winter sparrow that usually wouldn’t be seen in suburban backyards. They included White-crowned, Field, Lincoln’s, Swamp, and Savannah sparrows. I learned sparrows because our valley fields have always attracted them…