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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06OctRead More
Warblers are migrating
Cleon and I have been working in our gardens – starting to get them ready for winter. We are pulling up weeds, doing some selective deadheading, and mulching bare spots. We are careful how much we deadhead as some plants winter better intact. These are the plants we cut to the ground in spring. And […]
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04OctRead More
New roof – today
Those of you who have been reading this blog know we had a severe storm in July with damage at our house. Uprooted trees (full grown oaks and hickories) and damage to the roof, siding and garage doors. Today is the day the roofers are supposed to come – one-half of the roof will be […]
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01OctRead More
Cooper’s Hawk in the birdbath!
If any of you were watching the birdfeeder cam at 1:15PM Central Time – just a few minutes ago – you saw a Cooper’s Hawk in the larger of the two bird baths. Just standing there in the middle of it. Females are larger than males and I am guessing this was a female – […]
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30SepRead More
Birdfeeder maintenance …….
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 […]
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30SepRead More
Double-Crested Cormorants
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 […]