From the category archives:

Events

Edison Bird Festival 2012 – Video

February 26, 2012

Featuring Chickens, a Great Horned Owl, American Kestrel, and an undisclosed number of Snow Geese!

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Birds and the city and Dad

June 4, 2011

Bus, ferry, bus, Skytrain, plane… And so my day started. At the crack of sparrow’s chirp. If everything went according to plan, I would be on a flight to Toronto before I’ve normally finished my first cup of coffee. Leaving the house, I was greeted by a massive crowd. Imagine waking up and finding yourself [...]

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Going South … for the foreseeable

June 21, 2010

In the last couple of weeks the Ourbirdfeeder team has relocated south. Not the amazing distances travelled by our feathered friends but south nonetheless. Further, whilst it’s possible we may go back north again, unlike the birds, we are not planning it being anytime soon. We are still trying to sort out the feeders (and [...]

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Great Backyard Bird Count 2010 – Day 2 !!

February 14, 2010

  Yesterday I took part in the Great Backyard Bird Count with gusto! On Friday I observed for an hour, filed my report and then realised that I should not have been so hasty! Yesterday I watched for most of the day and decided to share my experience with everyone on Twitter. By using the [...]

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Christmas Birdcounts – what are they?

December 30, 2009

 You would think that having started this blog, I would know all about the 110th Christmas Bird Count. Well to be honest, no – at least, not until I saw a fellow birder tweet about their participation. So, I started to look at this a bit more. As I write we are still within the [...]

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Welcome to Ourbirdfeeder.com – A (Bad) Birdwatcher’s guide

December 29, 2009

 Welcome to Ourbirdfeeder.com! I first wrote about this blog in September 2009 on The Indulgency Pattern. A seasonal drink with an amazingly creative friend of mine served as the spark to actually kick this off. We talked a lot about philosophy, creating art as well as lots of super top secret stuff you will see [...]

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