I have finally found a good place for the hummingbird feeder where you can watch. It is close to the large bird bath so click on the livestream bird bath cam to watch. Unfortunately, we have only seen 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in our yard this year. And only 1 seems to be coming to this […]
Normally from mid-July until mid-September, there is not as much going on in our yard as in the previous spring and summer months, but this year is an exception. We continue to have a good number of birds at the feeders and bird baths. I am not sure how many House Finch families we had […]
If you have been watching the livestream bird bath cam since May, you will have seen lots of Baltimore Orioles eating, drinking, and bathing. You have probably noticed that in the last week, there were no Baltimore Orioles. We did have at 1 successful nest at our house and 1 at our neighbor’s across our […]
Families! Most especially House Finch families. We must have had a whole neighborhood of House Finch nests. You can easily pick out the males – their red heads and upper breasts are still a brilliant red that just glows in sunlight. The juveniles are brown and striped all over with darker shades of brown. They […]
It is crop dusting time. Cleon shot a video this morning and I have posted it – go to the menu and click on Videos (I have more to say about crop dusting when talking about the video). I agree with him – these pilots are fearless – total daredevils. We have watched them fly […]
You might be surprised at who your neighbors really are—especially after the sun goes down. If you look closely at the bird feeder live stream and examine the ground under the feeders, you’ll see small holes. Raccoons. I know for sure there are two, but there could be more. You can’t see it from the […]
Cleon and I had a wonderful time birding in Ohio. I had been to Aullman Audubon back in the 1980’s with my Dad and liked it then – I liked it even more this time. Cleon has never been birding anywhere in Ohio. We both tend to think of Ohio as more flat, but there […]
Cedar Bog Nature Preserve, Springfield OH 980 Woodburn Road, Urbana https://www.cedarbognp.org There is a fee to walk the boardwalk trail. Money well spent! Of all the places Cleon and I birded in around Dayton and Springfield, OH, this was our favorite. There is a Visitor’s Center with a small gift shop. […]
And this is why I should NEVER go on vacation! I have one more blog about our simply terrific birding experiences in Ohio which I will post tomorrow evening – Cedar Bog near Springfield, Ohio – which ended up being Cleon’s and my favorite place. But I simply had to interrupt these posts to show […]
We had good birding weather when we were in and around Dayton. Partly sunny to sunny days in the high 70’s with low humidity. That has changed. The temperatures and humidity are both climbing. Skies are cloudy and sometimes stormy. Gallagher Fen State Nature Preserve, Springfield, OH. 4709 Old Columbus Rd. https://ohiodnr.gov/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/gallagher-fen-state-nature-preserve We stayed at […]