I've been a bit remiss about these Friday Features. We are still dealing with Tilda's illness and we've been working on lots of outdoor landscaping projects in our free time. I want to get back at it though! So, without further ado, here's our featured species for this week, … [Read more...]
Feature Friday – Black Capped Chickadee
We live on the edge of a decent sized woodlot with lots of woodpeckers and nuthatches and titmice and of course, the tiny chickadee. They are very fun birds to watch and learn from. They are year round residents and come to our feeders basically everyday. Chickadees are a … [Read more...]
Wings Up!
Sometimes the Bird Photo Booth takes pretty derpy pictures of the birds with their wings all aflutter. I just love them, so here' s a collection of my most recent favorites! … [Read more...]
First Hummingbird of the season!
Spotted the first ruby throated hummingbird of the season today! We had 2 of them visit at the same time and at least one stuck around pretty much all day. He was here until 7:54pm coming to the nectar feeder. He was landing in the apple tree and coming back. I had hung a … [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...]
