Weekly Article Archive

By Eric Moore / Since 2019

Eric Moore, the owner of The Lookout, formerly Jay's Bird Barn, publishes a new article about wild birds and more every Thursday in The Daily Courier.

If you want to read his articles, they can be viewed directly on The Daily Courier’s website.

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Watson Lake area is bird-of-prey heaven

Last Friday I went birding to quickly scout out the area where I would be leading a b...

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Time to start thinking about the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival

While the annual Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival is still several months awa...

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Centennial birding challenge underway

Sunday, Jan. 1, was the first day of the year- long Birding Arizona Centennial Challe...

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Annual Christmas bird counts take place next week

Monday is the Chino Valley Christmas Bird Count, and Wednesday, Dec. 21, is the Presc...

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Woodpeckers, walks and Willow Lake

On my day off last week I headed west on Thumb Butte road into the National Forest to...

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Celebrate the birds of Arizona with Centennial Challenge contest

I love Arizona. I love its amazing geologic and biologic diversity with its deserts, ...

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Becoming a field birder takes practice and a good guide

A lot of "field birders" have been out and about this past week conducting reconnaiss...

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Birds flock to feeders after snowstorm

Our recent spate of winter weather had a big impact on wild bird behavior. Mild winte...

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Still waiting on my own 'Big Year'

Over the last several weeks, I have been asked time and again by friends and customer...

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Cardinals make a surprise showing in Prescott Eric Moore

This past week I was at a customer's home in Ponderosa Park off of White Spar Road. T...

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Birding in Brazil - Finding a Tin-a-who?

By the time you read this column I will be back in the store. Tired and bug bitten, b...

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Birding in Brazil: Jaguars in the Pantanal

Arriving in the Pantanal was almost a spiritual experience - seeing so much wildlif...

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Birding in Brazil: The weather and the birding heat up

Our group left Itatiaia National Park on Sunday, retracing our route to where our jou...

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Birding in Brazil - Part I: Searching for needles in haystacks

Greetings from Brazil! I am now on day six of my adventure. I left Prescott at 9 a.m....

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Going on the road again - this time to Brazil!

Last week's column discussed elements of bird migration. This week I will be flying s...

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The wonders of bird parenting and instinctive migration

This week, my wife and I experienced mixed emotions as yet another son - our last - ...

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'Harry the Heron' and other upcycled art pieces promote creekside cleanup

Prescott is home to many non- profit organizations that focus on preserving open spac...

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From the sound of it, birds are on the move

I do a lot of birding by ear, whether at home or out in the field. Over the years I h...

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Identify birds with new online guide

Every day customers ask us here at the bird store for help in identifying birds they ...

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Hummingbirds are now passing through Prescott

"Fall" migration is already underway even though it is only July! It was several week...

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Bird numbers are on the rise

The hobby of backyard bird- feeding is so interesting - and so are the people who fe...

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Holiday trip to Utah yields American dipper sighting

My family celebrated the Fourth of July holiday in Utah. On the Fourth, we drove up A...

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What to do when you find a baby bird

In the May- June 2011 edition of the Arizona Wildlife Views magazine published by th...

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Hummingbird Festival this weekend in Flagstaff

Concerned customers ask me every spring whether hummingbird numbers are down this yea...

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about the owner

My interest in birds began when I was very young. By the time I was five years old I was fascinated with birds and watched them at feeders in my parent’s yard in Massachusetts.

At the age of 13, I joined the Tucson chapter of the National Audubon Society. When I lived in Utah, I participated in the Utah County Birders Club (there was not an Audubon chapter in Provo). I have been associated with the Prescott chapter of the National Audubon Society for the past eleven years and have served on the board of directors and as the publicity chair.

I have led bird walks, been in charge of the Spring Migratory Bird Count, and I have participated in the Christmas Bird Count in Tucson, Provo, and Prescott for a time period spanning 30 years. I consider myself to be an excellent birder. Birding is more than a hobby for me–it is a passion.

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