It had been a cool night, so the air conditioning was off and the windows were open. It was around 9:30 in the morning when I realized that there was a lot of noise coming in through the windows. I… Read More ›
Chickadee
A TUESDAY TREE PORTRAIT
MONDAY TUESDAY TREE PORTRAIT The heat was back this morning. I could feel it pouring in through the window in the bedroom. We got a week off for which I’m grateful. It was also obvious that it was a respite,… Read More ›
BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – STRIPES, SPOTS OR FRECKLES
BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS WITH STRIPES, SPOTS OR FRECKLES I’m pretty sure that stripes, spots, or freckles describes almost every bird I see with maybe the exception of the Cardinal — the males, anyway — who are almost entirely… Read More ›
MORE THAN ONE BIRD IN A PHOTO
Bird Weekly Photo Challenge – More than One Bird Species I feel very disadvantaged with the feeders down. Finally, I put up a tray of just black sunflower seeds. There are plenty of bugs and other seeds and blackberries in the… Read More ›
COLORFUL BIRDS, COLORFUL NAMES!
BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BIRDS WITH COLOR IN THEIR NAME So many to choose from! From the aggravating Brown-headed Cowbird, to the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Goldfinches, Purple Finches, and Bluebirds, color is often the single thing that defines a bird to those… Read More ›
FLYING BIRDS!
BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS IN FLIGHT I love when I manage to catch one of my birds in the air. I have a very small amount of area in which to shoot, so to get them in flight… Read More ›
CMMC – MARCH USING CH & CK
CMMC – March Alphabet Letters Ch or Ck in the the word How about three orchids, a Pileated Woodpecker, the Blackstone River and canal, a Black-Backed Gull and the mighty Chickadee?
MID-MARCH BIRDS
It was a day for House Finch or maybe Purple Finch. They were either blurry and very red (raspberry?) House Finches or Purple Finches. Take your pick. I can’t even tell the difference when I see their pictures in the… Read More ›
BIRDS OF SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND
They aren’t all here yet, but they are on the way. We have the Bluebirds and most of the Juncos have moved on. Not all. There are a few left, but they are migrating north, a few at a time…. Read More ›
LAST DAY OF THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT
I had to take a few more pictures today. Proving that the birds don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, some of the migrants are returning. A couple of Carolina Wrens. Two brightly red-headed House Finches… Read More ›
THE HAPPIEST CHICKADEE
I did some counting for the Great Backyard Bird Count today. I also took a few pictures late in the day. I didn’t go through all of them yet, but I found two absolutely adorable Chickadee pictures. Of all our… Read More ›
A SPECIAL WEEKEND OF BIRDS
This weekend, all the “birding groups” from Cornell Ornithological through Audubon are doing a four day birding experience titled “The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).” It’s done in February because it precedes the first (earliest) bird migrations and give all… Read More ›
