Chipping sparrow
Baby chipping sparrow sittin’ on our deck…
Suet disappearing at night…possibly a possum perhaps?
Finally took some fresh pictures this weekend so I’d have something new to post. We made some fresh suet last weekend, but it’s already gone! The titmice and chickadees were all over it (no downy woodpeckers sadly), as were a few squirrels, but we seemed to have a nocturnal visitor a few nights that really just [...]
Tanagers and orioles yet?
Welcome, and a very happy Friday to everyone! Allow me to pass on a quick update on our recent orange experiment…we are in stage one of attempting to attract scarlet tanagers and/or Baltimore orioles to our yard. You can see one of our orange halves below that we’ve placed around our backyard, and so far [...]
Welcome back, Mister Bluebird!!! Blue jays coming around, too!
Houston, we have a bluebird! I was out on our deck Sunday morning before church, and look what appeared (middle right)…an eastern bluebird on our nestbox! Excellent! I don’t think it’s the same male we’ve had all spring and early summer, but he’s a bluebird nonetheless and therefore a most honored and welcome guest in our yard! He [...]
Hummingbirds, hummingbirds!
Hi, all! Not much to say today, but I took a lot of pictures this morning and yesterday, so here are some of my favorites. I finally got my camera on a nearby goldfinch today (very briefly). We need to get our thistle feeder replaced so they’ll once again be frequent visitors in our yard [...]
Family Birdwatching!
Hello again! I thought I’d start today with a little glimpse into our family life…this morning my son and I completed our first-ever bird house project! It’s one of the ones they give you for free at Home Depot on Saturday mornings (a very cool feature). My son did all the nailing, and then [...]
Peeking inside a bluebird nestbox…day eight!
Okay, here are the baby bluebird pictures from this morning, day eight! The feathers are really extending out of the sheaths now, and you can see less and less of the nestlings’ pink skin. I added a couple of extreme close-ups that show the wing and head in super detail. The heads are much more [...]
Still three baby bluebirds and two eggs left…
I had to leave home early this morning, and at 6:45 am, this is what I saw in our nestbox (above). Still only three hatchlings and still two eggs left. I’m kind of concerned, to be honest. Our first brood earlier this year all hatched at the same time, so I’m wondering if these last [...]
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