Weekly Articles by Eric Moore

Our recent monsoon storm activity over the last few weeks has simply been amazing. Unfortunately, many areas in and around Prescott have experienced severe, damaging hail storms. A friend, who lives in Granite Dells, shared a number of pictures of the devastation that...

Years ago, we bought a spec home off of Rosser. We were very fortunate, as the developer of our home carefully cleared a pad just large enough for our home, and retained much of the native habitat, including several large alligator junipers, pinyon pine, scrub oak,...

This past week, we traveled to Provo, Utah for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. I’ve made countless trips to Utah since the time my parents moved there in 1977. While my parents have been gone for many years, we have kept their home in the family. Four generations...

Over the last two weeks, I’ve had several opportunities to be a bird guide — both for private parties as well as for Jay’s Bird Barn. In the last week, I have birded several times at Watson Woods and at both Watson and Willow Lakes, and it has been very “birdy.”...

During breeding season, wild birds gravitate to their preferred habitat. For example, species such as blue grosbeaks and Bullock’s orioles typically nest in a riparian habitat, and white-breasted nuthatches typically nest in a coniferous forest. As migration activity...

I had two unusual experiences this past week with wild birds that decided an open door was an open invitation to come inside! The first experience occurred at Jay’s Bird Barn. I was standing just inside the entrance to the store when one of my employees was returning...

This past week our son, Merritt, and his family, who reside in Oklahoma, visited us for a week. He and his wife have three of our five grandchildren, and we wanted to do different outdoor activities every day while they were here. One of the beautiful things about...

This past Saturday, as I was spending time out in my yard doing yardwork, I was visiting with my next-door neighbor. I hate to admit it, but as I was engrossed in conversation, I was somewhat oblivious to the sounds of nature—which is not like me. Normally my mind is...

Last year, before the COVID-19 pandemic gripped our nation, I signed up for a birding trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, in March of 2021. One of our former Jay’s Bird Barn employees, Micah Riegner, now works as a professional birding guide for a tour company called Field...