Welcome to My Blog!
This blog is where I’ll share what I’m seeing in our yard, in the gardens, and around our small lake—anything related to birds and gardening. I’d love to hear from you as well! Whether you’re observing something interesting or have a bird-related question, feel free to reach out. I don’t follow a strict blogging schedule, but I typically post every 4 to 7 days—sometimes more often. Let’s enjoy learning about birds together.
If you’d like to get in touch, please email me directly at lindahendricksspence@birdingbeyondthefieldguide.com.
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06JulRead More
Bird feeder maintenance day and juvenile grackles
Today we will be taking down the feeders and thoroughly washing and disinfecting them. We will also clean the birdbaths and the rocks. The feeders will dry in the sun before we refill. All this takes about 2 hours. The birds do come to the area during that time – some will even sit on […]
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03JulRead More
Northern Flickers
Northern Flickers live here with us, but are not always in our yard. They come to the feeders from time to time in winter, but rarely in summer. We do see them fairly often on the ground with their beaks down ant hills – their favorite food. But right now, there are two who are […]
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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 […]