Poway

Memories of Iron Mountain

For me, Iron Mountain is a daily experience. From my property, it sits prominently when I gaze east from my home. At 2,601 feet elevation, it is not the highest…

2019-11-22~24 Late November Yard-birds

Activity at the water feature over my fish pond was hot and heavy in late November. I thought I could enjoy the activity with my binoculars, but when a female…

2018-12-22 Christmas Bird Count

One day a year I enjoy the mere act of counting birds. It’s not for ego. It’s not done to call attention to myself. It’s not for an ‘I got…

2012-04 April Stuff In My Poway Yard

I took my camera into my yard several times over the course of the month of April 2012. Spring can bring me some extraordinary birds, though I don’t always have…

2012-03-24 Poway Downy Woodpecker

My experience in my Poway yard with the woodpecker clan has provided me regular meetings with Nuttall’s and Acorn Woodpeckers, and sometimes the often shy Northern Flicker. Downy Woodpeckers are…

2013-05-10 Iron Mountain Blues

My house sits on a small hill at the west end of Poway Valley, and Iron Mountain looms large 6.5 miles to the east of my front yard. It makes…