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 […]
A pair of cardinals are still coming to the platform feeder very early each morning – at dawn, but before the sun breaks the horizon line. Here at our house, that is between about 6:10-6:40AM Central Time. The feedercam will be in black and white, but you will still be able to easily see these […]
The crows are redecorating. I could hardly believe my eyes the other day when I looked out our windows at the small birdbath which you can see on the birdfeeder cam. There was a crow, sitting on the rim, and moving the stones all around with its beak. It was actually picking the stones up […]
That rat-a-tat-tat which sounds so loud is actually a Downy Woodpecker drumming away on the post that holds the birdfeeder cam!
It is now 6:25AM Central time and I am on my second cup of coffee. The male and female cardinals have had their breakfast and a juvenile cardinal is now eating. My guess is that since it came right after the female, this is one of their juveniles. If you see it on the platform […]
Good Morning Everyone! It is 6:02AM Central Time and I am bleary-eyed at my desk having just taken my first sip of coffee. I just woke up the computer which runs the live-stream cameras. Even though it is still dark outside, the cameras do run all night and are lit so you can see black […]
You have probably noticed a decrease in the number of birds using our feeders and birdbaths over the past few weeks. And some birds have disappeared completely. Regardless of where you live in the United States or Canada, if you have feeders, it is most probable you will notice a decrease in birds at your […]