Welcome to My Blog!
This blog is where I will share with you what I am seeing in our yard, in our gardens, and what is happening on our small lake. I will also tell you about birds I observe when traveling. And I would like to hear from you! The purpose of this website is for all of us who are interested in birds, to share what we are seeing and thinking. Please use the Public Forum to post what you are observing and to ask and answer questions. I do not have a rigid schedule as to when I blog, but I generally post every 3-5 days – occasionally more often. I will also use this blog to inform you when Cleon and I will be live, on camera, explaining what we are doing at the feeders and birdbaths. I will also post the day and time when I mow as birds most often will not be at the feeders at that time. So, I will use this blog – you use the Public Forum – and let’s learn about birds together!
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25JunRead More
Youngsters are out of control – parents are harried!
Blue Jays have been practicing tough love and the Common Grackles need to take a page out of the jay’s book on parenting. For the past few days, if you have been watching the birdfeeder cam, you will see juvenile grackles practically on top of their parents at the feeders – and screeching – and […]
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22JunRead More
Blue Jays practice tough love
If you were watching the birdfeeder cam this morning, you saw Blue Jays and heard a whole lot of loud, incessant squawking. The squawking was coming from three juveniles. They have their adult feathers but hardly any crests at all – all three heads are fairly smooth. When one of the juveniles was on the […]
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20JunRead More
Injured male Mallard at our birdfeeders
You may have seen the injured male Mallard on the birdfeeder cam. Right now, he is coming to the area under the feeders about once a day – always entering from the right side of your screen. He is sometimes alone and sometimes with a female and from their behavior, they appear to be a […]
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18JunRead More
We have Warbling Vireos in our treetops …..
Vireos are often birds of the treetops. They are small and generally gray to olive green with some pale or white. These are not flashy birds by any means and once leaves are on the trees, they are just about impossible for me to see – with or without binoculars. But I can always hear […]
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12JunRead More
Downy Woodpecker Family
This morning we saw a Downy Woodpecker family at the feeders. An adult male and female and at least 2 juveniles – and there could be 3. The juveniles are just a bit smaller than their parents which you can see when they are together. They are also a bit disheveled and their black and […]