by Carolyn M. Crane | Dec 28, 2012 | Abbey Country, photographs
Each spring and fall, sandhill cranes migrate over our home on the west slope of the Sierra. Like so many of my friends and neighbors, I run outside to hear their calls and witness their grace. So, imagine my delight on vacation here in Abbey Country, when my...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Jun 8, 2012 | Abbey Country, Back Yard Days, photographs, Sustainability |
Hummer has been slang for hummingbird since 1868, when Titus Fey Cronise used the term in The Natural Wealth of California. For birders, the term refers to one of dozens of species of hummingbirds rather than obscenely big cars or bedroom frolics. Having spent some...