Weekly Articles by Eric Moore

A few weeks ago, I received a call from a homeowner in Forest Trails who said she wasn’t seeing any birds in her yard.  I found this statement to be interesting, knowing that Forest Trails has a lot of native habitat.  I agreed to visit her yard and take a look...

I have recently been thinking how ironic it is that some of our ‘winter’ birds will be back in Prescott next month. Our recent spell of hot, dry weather makes fall seem so far away, even though it is just next month.  Our unseasonably hot daytime temperatures and the...

We’ve all heard the expression of someone being a little ‘cuckoo’, or ‘going cuckoo.’ I have been a little obsessed with cuckoos myself — yellow-billed cuckoos that is.  I have been diligently recording my bird sightings into eBird this year, and have seen 246 species...

I made a quick trip to Utah this past week to help a friend move from Prescott to Logan. This gave me the opportunity to visit two of our sons that live in Provo, and to do some bird watching in northern Utah.  While I grew up in Tucson, I have spent a lot of time in...

My wife and I made a quick trip over to California last week to attend a memorial service at the Riverside National Cemetery for her 95-year-old uncle. We left early enough Monday morning to drive directly to the cemetery to arrive on time for the 1:15 p.m. event. The...

Last Friday morning, I received an urgent phone call from some folks who live out Williamson Valley Road. They explained they had a baby hummingbird that was trying to leave the nest, but was “stuck.” Their fear was that the mother was going to tire of feeding the...

One of my many roles at the Bird Barn is answering questions from customers. Sometimes the questions are about bird behavior or the products we sell. More often than not, the questions have to do with the numbers of birds people are NOT seeing.  Rarely does anyone...

Several years ago, I heard the following story, which I will attempt to retell in my own words.  Back in the 50s or 60s, a young man worked as a service station attendant in southern Utah.  One day, he was refueling a car with a New York license plate. The owner of...

This past Saturday, I did some birding along a stretch of the Upper Verde River. I had two ‘target’ birds on this particular outing — golden eagle and yellow-billed cuckoo. Both of these species were on my wish list when I visited southeastern Arizona a few weeks ago,...