The bird feeder in my backyard has been aflutter this winter with birds and words. First to arrive each morning are the chickadees. In "Walden," Henry David Thoreau tells us how these perky, ...

The 2025 San Diego Bird Festival took wing on Feb. 25 and will return to earth tomorrow, March 2. The annual festival includes 150 programs and activities. I’m not only a word botcher. I’m a bird ...