Observing & Reporting from our backyard
So, as I’ve mentioned in some previous posts, the Eastern Towhee has been an infrequent visitor to our feeder area at best. I became interested in learning more about this bird, as I’ve seen at least one nearly every day for the last week. I was wondering, why are they hanging around here more now? I also was wondering why one of my older bird identification books listed the bird as the “Rufous Sided Towhee” and another book listed it as the Eastern Towhee. For anyone … [Read more...]
So, we put out the grape jelly on Saturday in a small dish. Then, on Sunday we had our first visitor! I cannot locate the Oriole Nectar Feeder, apparently I might have thrown it out because it was kind of dirty after last season. I could only photograph this bird through the glass door, so the picture is a little weird. Also, the Eastern Towhee was back again on Sunday! We were outside and he was right in the feeder … [Read more...]
We fed the birds last night and so today was a pretty good birdwatching day. We also used the last of our thistle seed last night and the last of the sunflower seed, so I’m going to start tracking my seed usage and costs to get a handle on that. Also, to share that information with people that are interested in beginning to watch birds. It can get a little expensive sometimes. Anyways, today was a great day. I got the flower bed alongside the red shed cleaned … [Read more...]
