A moment of joy today! 2 finches in the bird bath. I think one is a male purple finch (in the bath, see the crest on head, raspberry color & the purple near his tail) and a male house finch ( on edge of bath, no crest & color not as throughout body). What do you think? … [Read more...]
Nighttime visitors
We've been catching some night time visitors on our blink security cams and so we thought why not put one out as a portable night time feeder cam and see what we can see. We still have a opossum and a raccoon coming pretty regularly. Here's a short video of them! … [Read more...]
Robin Nest Update – Starling Raid & More
Well, after catching the video of the robins with a phone camera out the patio door, I decided I needed to have more visibility in this nest, so we clipped a Blink security cam to the frame of the patio door looking at the nest. Let me tell you that this has been a brand new way … [Read more...]
Red Headed Woodpecker Visits the Yard
Awesome birdwatching day! Had a Red-Headed woodpecker on our walnut tree today. We've only seen these one other time here! … [Read more...]
American Robins Feeding Hatchlings
It's been fun watching the parent robins with their nest. It is right outside of our doorway so every time we let the dogs in or out we check on it. The robins have been keeping the squirrels outside of the feeder area which is neat. They dive bomb them and chase them away right … [Read more...]
Brown Thrasher – Catbird and DUKE!
It's been a great spring around the yard. We've had a breeding pair of Brown Thrasher's hanging around and more catbirds than we've ever seen before. And then there's Duke! He's been enjoying some sunshine on his old bones! Check out videos of the Brown Thrasher taking a bath … [Read more...]
