This week we had the Baltimore Orioles returning, in small numbers still. We've also been seeing the Rose Breasted Grosbeaks. Right now, we have just 2 or 4 grosbeaks. We'll usually see a few more as we get closer to summer. We also spotted the Eastern Towhee this week, … [Read more...]
In Defense of the Brown Headed Cowbird
For my Feature Friday today I chose the brown headed cowbird. It's nesting season and with so many more people watching birds and setting up nest cams and the like, lots of folks on the internet are seeing their robin-sized brown speckled eggs showing up in their nests and the … [Read more...]
New to Me! Pine Siskins Visit
This winter I joined a bunch of different backyard birdwatching groups on Facebook and I've seen people all throughout the South talking about sick Pine Siskins on their feeders. There were huge salmonella outbreaks and folks had to take their feeders in for 2 weeks or longer to … [Read more...]
New Sighting – White Throated Sparrow
I'm really working on getting better at identifying sparrows and learning more about their behavior. For a long time, I just wasn't interested in them. Small, stripey, brownish mostly ground feeding bird, sparrow, moving on. I'm clearly partial to woodpeckers, but I've been … [Read more...]
Squirrel Proofing Platform Feeder Cam
This is Steve's first attempt at putting a baffle on the TPost where we connected the bird photo booth after his first adjustment. We need to have it close enough to the platform feeder so we can get good close up shots. Yet, we have to make sure that squirrels cannot get up … [Read more...]
Feature Friday – Red Winged Blackbird
I'm going to try something new for as long as I can stick with it and it remains fun. :) I'll try to feature a different bird each Friday and share a video and/or photos here. Today, I want to feature the Red Winged Blackbird. We see these pretty regularly in the spring … [Read more...]
