American crow

27
Nov

Birding in The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge

Beautiful day with only a slight breeze.  Sunny.  45 – brisk! To begin, just where is The Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge and what is it like? The Alligator River NWR is on the easternmost point of the mainland of North Carolina.  The Alligator River is the western border of this refuge. What is this […]

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18
Sep

Birding around Lake Geneva, WI

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 […]

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09
Sep

Cardinals and Crows

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 […]

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05
Sep

The crows have been watching HGTV!

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 […]

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14
Aug

15 crows in the backyard!

That is a whole lot of crows!  At least for us.  The most we have ever had is 5 and the usual number is 3.  And to have them in our backyard at this time of year is rare. These are American Crows and live in the vast woodland across the lake from us.  We […]

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