Friday Feathers: where did our food go?

October 29, 2010

good question. bad week – landlord ordered us to take seed feeder down. won’t go into detail here but it really sucks. still have hummingbird feeder up and are getting plenty of visits, but really miss all the squeaks and twitterings and punch-ups of the seed eaters. RightAntler remains very angry …

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Snow Geese Sunday | part two

October 23, 2010

A few more shots from Terra Nova last weekend, to accompany RightAntler’s original ‘Snow Geese Sunday’ post. although they were coming in to land, just one bird had one leg down good night!

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Friday Feathers: lbj’s rule

October 23, 2010

Not a particularly noteworthy week this week, compared to last. Last weekend we heard and saw lots of Snow geese passing overhead; I heard a Spotted owl calling to it’s mate – and was really pleased to see a Northern flicker on this feeder set-up for the first time. The feeder is still mainly dominated [...]

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Snow Geese Sunday

October 18, 2010

Back in 2003 I read a splendid little book called The Snow Geese by William Fiennes. At the time we were living thousands of miles from where the story was based, the migratory journey of the Snow Geese. Every year they complete an incredible journey between South America and the Arctic tundra. Six years later [...]

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Friday Feathers: what crows do when they think nobody is watching

October 16, 2010

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double drilling woodpeckers

October 9, 2010

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Friday Feathers: Another Angry Bird!

October 8, 2010

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surprise visitor – an immature male Brambling

October 5, 2010

this pretty little bird is probably an immature male Brambling. he really caught my eye hopping around by the feeder yesterday afternoon – and was back this a.m. for breakfast. according to the articles below, these birds are not often seen in this area and this one has probably strayed off-course during migration. I guess [...]

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Friday Feathers: are the house finches about to migrate?

October 1, 2010

The house finches were even more boisterous than usual yesterday afternoon! Methinks they were having a heated discussion about their plans to depart for winter – and were furiously stocking up on food for their trip south. So far today, there’s hardly a peep out of them and there’s far less mess than usual under [...]

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Tim Birkhead and The Early Birdwatchers – recommended video

September 27, 2010

Wonderful lecture on Tim’s personal journey with birdwatching. He covers why governments should support such frivolous things as birdsong; promiscuity; possible cures for Alzheimer’s and even the power of Darwin’s wife!

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