A White-crowned Sparrow may appear quietly at feeders during migration, but that brief visit can be part of a much longer journey across North America.
Lily the hummingbird and her two precious eggs is already unfolding into something quietly extraordinary. The previous Hummingbird clutch left many hearts tender. Jewel, the previous hummingbird mom at Alyssa’s Nature Sanctuary, vanished. One of her chicks was taken to rehab for care, and her remaining egg never hatched. The nest that once pulsed with life fell silent. It was one of those wildlife chapters that reminds us how fragile even the smallest stories can be.