Find out who got your windshield

Birds are starting to show up again. Granted some didn’t go away, but as the cold leaves Johnson County, more and more of our feathered friends come out of hiding. Some are beautiful, others boring, all willing to ruin a perfectly washed car.

So whether you’re looking to find out what beautiful creature you saw atop a fence post, or what menacing demon you caught fleeing the scene of the crime, The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds, by (you guessed it!) Richard Crossley, is ready to help you! Over 500 pages of bird-identifying illustrations and information can make you the Bird Expert you may not have known you wanted to be.

Book of the Day

The only thing I know about owls is that they’re loud, and back in my previous life on a farm, they would fly out of barns to scare me.  I will be checking out this book, though: Owls of the United States & Canada.  I’m one who believes that birds are creepy, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t fascinating