Tag Archives: Birds

Our birds tags cover all posts about our feather friends. It includes, but is not limited to, research, old magazines, photographs, anecdotes, and games and literature.

September 22, 2020

Sep 2020

The Pigeon on a Step

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜An article name and thumbnail for those of you who don’t like surprises〜

September 2, 2020

Sep 2020

The Pigeon in the Puddle

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Just a pigeon in a puddle〜

August 16, 2020

Aug 2020

A Wayward Emu Loses Its Way to The Emu Café

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Because it’s an emu, we will forgive it for thinking that The Emu Café is in New Jersey〜

August 12, 2020

Aug 2020

The Maybe-Albino Sparrow in the Heights

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜The snow-white sparrow of August〜

July 29, 2020

Jul 2020

I don’t want your emu and I don’t have to feed it

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Misbehaving emus banned from an Australian hotel〜

May 20, 2020

May 2020

Boston Police and Peacock Maintenance

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Boston Police employ a peacock maiting call to rangle a renegade bird.

May 16, 2020

May 2020

Welcome to The Emu Café

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Welcome, one and all, to the opening of The Emu Café. In this special establishment of The New Leaf Journal, we serve only the finest descriptions of coffee, tea, and snacks to accompany.

May 13, 2020

May 2020

TI-89 Haiku: Boerum Blue Jay and Black Squirrel

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I wrote a haiku about having seen a blue jay and black squirrel from a window in Brooklyn in the early 2000s on a Ti-89 Titanium graphing calculator and then posted the screen capture. (Why not?)

May 7, 2020

May 2020

Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Black Squirrels in Brooklyn

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A cardinal sighting in Brooklyn Bridge Park reminded me of a joint blue jay-black squirrel sighting from long ago.