At about 4:15PM Central Time today, we will be taking down the birdfeeders for cleaning. Cleon will also be cleaning and refilling the birdbaths. Our storms and high winds from Hurricane Helene are over and starting tomorrow, we should have sunny and cooler days. And hopefully more birds coming to eat! The feeders will be […]
When Cleon posted his photo in the Public Forum of a raft of White Pelicans on the large lake near our house, he also posted a photo of the silt dam in that lake which was filled with Double-Crested Cormorants, a few Ring-billed Gulls, and several Great Blue Herons. In that photo you cannot make […]
A wonderful bird is the pelican His bill can hold more than his belican! My father taught me this poem when I was a little girl. It is two lines from a longer poem written by Dixon Lanier Merritt in 1913. These two lines have always brought a smile to my face because they are […]
Beak or bill? Which is correct? Both are. When talking about birds, these words are synonyms. You can use either word for the structure around any bird’s mouth. However, what you might find is that many birders use the word ‘beak’ when talking about songbirds. Birds like robins, cardinals, Blue Jays, goldfinches. And it follows […]
A male Northern Cardinal at the feeder. Besides eating, he is calling to his mate who is in a nearby tree. She will come to eat after he is finished. If you were watching at about 7PM Central Time and had your volume up, you could hear both birds. chip chip chip Her […]
Cleon and I spent last weekend in Lake Geneva, WI, with his daughter and family. They live in the city of Chicago and although they like and occasionally use the wonderful parks in and around Chicago, they truly love living in the city. Cleon and I are small town/rural people. But we all enjoy visiting […]
Cleon watched this Mourning Dove at our large bird bath for two days. Both days, the dove got into the center of the birdbath and then stretched one wing out and up – vertically – perpendicular to its body. Then it did the same with the other wing. And the bird held both wings outstretched […]
Our neighbors across our small inlet are getting a new roof and what you are hearing is all the hammering. Their roof was badly damaged during that awful storm we had earlier this summer – the one I blogged about. They were very fortunate in that the the big oak that came down got caught […]
I hope you will take a few minutes to give the Public Forum another look. This is your forum to post your sightings and photos, and to ask questions. I felt the original setup of this section was hard to use – especially if you are like me and do not have much skill operating […]