Weekly Articles by Eric Moore

While the annual Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival is still several months away, it is not too early to start planning which field trips, workshops and seminars you would like to attend. This event grows in popularity each year, and when registration opens in...

Sunday, Jan. 1, was the first day of the year-long Birding Arizona Centennial Challenge. For me, Sundays are a church and family day, so I didn't go birding, but that doesn't mean I didn't see any birds. Bird-watching is as easy as looking out the window! My first...

Monday is the Chino Valley Christmas Bird Count, and Wednesday, Dec. 21, is the Prescott Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count. At the request of one of the local Audubon members, I am sharing a message today she felt was important to Prescott residents. Individuals...

On my day off last week I headed west on Thumb Butte road into the National Forest to see if I could find a flock of Lewis' woodpeckers that had been reported a day or two earlier. Lewis' woodpeckers are considered a "casual" visitor to the Prescott area, meaning they...

I love Arizona. I love its amazing geologic and biologic diversity with its deserts, grasslands, forests and mountains. I love the climate, the abundance of sunshine and the spectacular sunsets. I love the flora and fauna. I am absolutely enthralled with the Sonoran...

A lot of "field birders" have been out and about this past week conducting reconnaissance in their assigned areas for this year's Christmas bird count. With so many great birders out in the field, there have been some really good finds - including a pair of...

Our recent spate of winter weather had a big impact on wild bird behavior. Mild winter weather allows birds to forage for food in natural settings. The abundance of summer seeds is accessible and readily available to them. However, when we experience several...

Over the last several weeks, I have been asked time and again by friends and customers if I have seen the movie "The Big Year." In spite of my interest in the movie, I had to admit that I had not seen it. I read the book several years ago and enjoyed it immensely as I...

This past week I was at a customer's home in Ponderosa Park off of White Spar Road. They were out of town, so I was filling their seed feeders and looking after their place. As I went to leave, I saw a male Northern Cardinal in the yard. I was so surprised that I...