Brown-headed Cowbirds

16
Jun

Birding Around Dayton, OH Part 3

Englewood Metro Park.   Dayton, OH     https://www.metroparks.org/places-to-go/englewood/ There are 4 separate areas that make up Englewood Metro Park.  We only had time to visit one of areas:  the East Park.  And we hit a bonanza of birds – the mother lode.  You can get the addresses for each of the entrances from the above website.  […]

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24
May

Orioles and catbirds – grape jelly addicts!!!!!

If you have been watching the bird bath cam livestream, you will have noticed that I moved the oriole feeder lower and closer to the bird bath.  When I moved it, I was uncertain if the new location would work as it is now quite close to the bird bath which many birds besides the […]

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02
Nov

Flock of Blackbirds

Blackbirds are in their winter flocks.  These flocks can be anywhere from a few dozen birds to thousands and thousands. Although you can see these flocks anywhere within their ranges, I think the best place to see them is here in The Midwest or out on The Great Plains.  Harvest is either finished or well […]

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13
Oct

Feeder and bird seed changes

This morning, Cleon and I changed the bird feeders and what we are offering.  We are now set up for winter.  We did this today because even though we are still having warm temperatures during the day – in the mid-60’s to 70’s – we are starting to experience cooler nights.  Our forecast: most of […]

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30
Sep

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 […]

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