Weekly Articles by Eric Moore

This has been a busy week for me with five speaking engagements. This evening at 6:30, I will be presenting a program for the Arizona Native Plant Society at the Highlands Center for Natural History, 1375 S. Walker Road, and I invite you to come. The title for my...

When referencing field guides it is not uncommon to see wild bird species divided into subspecies, which are frequently referred to as “races.” For instance, if you were to look up fox sparrow in “The Sibley Guide to Birds,” you would see that this species is divided...

As fall approaches, it is only a matter of weeks before some of our winter residents begin showing up — white-crowned sparrows, dark-eyed juncos, and yellow-rumped warblers. That is hard to believe, since it was in the 90s earlier this week. Many of our summer...

At Jay’s Bird Barn, we get feedback every day from customers on the bird activity they are seeing in their yards. Often their comments are comparative in nature, with remarks such as, “I don’t have as many hummingbirds this year as last year,” or “I have a lot more...

Last week I was in Provo, Utah, for a few days and had the opportunity to go bird watching at Utah Lake early one morning. There were literally thousands of birds — it was an impressive sight to see so many birds congregated together. By far the most numerous species...

This past week, I spent four days in Sierra Vista attending the Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival. I loved being in southern Arizona — it was like coming home to me. It was fun to experience several very powerful monsoon storms. The landscape was so green...