Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Experience continued bird watching in winter

When the first threat of frost starts to creep down the mountains and your breath clouds on a ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Experience continued bird watching in winter

When the first threat of frost starts to creep down the mountains and your breath clouds on a ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Shorebirds in Western North Carolina

Here we are living in one of the world’s greatest forest ecosystems, and migration is almost upon us. ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Red-winged blackbird hard to miss

Almost everyone knows the red-winged blackbird. They are bold, brassy and very easy to see. They are also ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

The enjoyment (and hazards) of feeding birds in the summer

Many people enjoy feeding birds, and at last count, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that more ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Tanagers – the other western North Carolina red bird

"The Bird Box" by Simon Thompson Most of us are familiar with the “red bird” - the local ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

A spring day birding in Polk County

"The Bird Box" by Simon Thompson After a frosty morning in the Asheville area, it was a pleasure ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Protecting the rare cerulean warbler

"The Bird Box" by Simon Thompson A small, pale blue and white songbird sings its buzzy song from ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Identifying woodpeckers in Western N.C.

"The Bird Box" by Simon Thompson The one nice thing about woodpeckers is that for all intensive purposes, ...

Birdbox - Simon Thompson

Our hummingbirds arriving back in WNC

"The Bird Box" by Simon Thompson It’s always a pleasure when our first Ruby-throated Hummingbirds appear at our ...

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