Mid-May the catbirds returned from their winter home, someplace far south of here. They have an amazing variety of songs, calls and sounds that they make, and they love to play in the bird bath!
Monday, July 22, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Yellow flowers
It's finally beginning to look and feel like spring around here! Lots of yellow flowers everywhere.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
March and April in the backyard
We had two snowstorms in early March with high winds, which resulted in many downed limbs and a tree blown over. It was time to call in the tree care professionals, and they did a great job of trimming, cutting, chipping and shredding. Now, in early April it's still cold and windy, but we have the first flowers of spring!
Early spring birds
These are some of my favorite backyard visitors from March, which was generally cold and snowy this year.
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| female cardinal |
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| blue jay |
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| woodpecker |
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| chickadee on a cold, windy day |
Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Hawk
I've seen this bird in the backyard many times and I finally got a good photo of it yesterday. I think it's a juvenile red-tailed hawk, judging from the picture in The Sibley Guide to Birds. I noticed a bunch of small gray feathers right near this fence post, perhaps evidence of its latest meal. This hawk is probably looking for mice and voles, too, along with the great-horned owls which I heard hooting to each other last night.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The backyard in winter
We just survived the blizzard of 2013 here and all is well. The birds must have had good hiding places to ride out the storm because I've had a steady stream of customers at my feeders ever since.
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| young robin |
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| adult robin |
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| male cardinal |
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| black-capped chickadee |
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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