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Red Winged Blackbird washes a peanut!

June 12, 2021 Elizabeth

Red Winged blackbird on bird bath

Check this out! This Red Winged Blackbird brings a peanut to the bird bath and appears to wash it. It looks like it had one of those skins on it and he wanted to remove it! Never saw this before. … [Read more...]

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Wings Up!

May 11, 2021 Elizabeth

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...]

Bird Photo Booth, BirdWatching Bird Photos, blue jay, chickadee, Mourning Dove, Red Winged Blackbird, Woodpecker

Squirrel Proofing Platform Feeder Cam

April 24, 2021 Elizabeth

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...]

Bird Photo Booth, BirdWatching, Squirrels Bird Feeding, Bird Photo Booth, Bird Photos, dove, Red Winged Blackbird, Woodpecker

Feature Friday – Red Winged Blackbird

April 23, 2021 Elizabeth

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...]

BirdWatching Featured Friday, Red Winged Blackbird

Red Winged Blackbird Compilation

March 28, 2021 Elizabeth

Red Winged Blackbird Species Video Opener

I'm an equal opportunity bird feeder. I'm not too fussy about what critters extract an existence from our seed feeders. The Red Winged Blackbirds are interesting to watch and it's curious how infrequently I see the females at the feeder. I DO see them down in the ditches along my … [Read more...]

Bird Photo Booth, BirdWatching, Spring Bird Feeding, Bird Photos, BirdWatching, Red Winged Blackbird, Video

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