Mating for life – Mourning Doves I have completely given up on the idea of figuring out what I did on previous square posts months — maybe I should take that memory medicine they advertise on TV? Prevagen? Would it… Read More ›
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SQUARE DANCING
PAST AND PRESENT SQUARES Honestly, I have no idea what squares I posted in the past. Sad, but true. If you ask me about my memory, I’d forget what you asked me before you got the answer. Memory? Huh?
GARDEN BIRDS AND SURVIVAL
This morning I read an article in National Geographic about the lockdown. It seems to have made the lives of at least some birds better, at least for this year. It turns out I was wrong about us having lost… Read More ›
WATCHING BIRDS WHILE THEY WATCH YOU
It was maybe a month ago. Garry and I were watching Colbert and his guest was a big star — whose name I’ve forgotten. I’m not good at remembering names so that’s not unusual, but I remember the conversation. “What,”… Read More ›
OISEAUX DU JOUR?
It was a perfect day to be a bird. Or, really, anything since the day was perfect. I bought new food just the other day and the birds get really enthusiastic about fresh food. Although many birds flew in and… Read More ›
THE BRIGHTEST BIRDS
This is not about IQ. It’s about color . Mostly about red, but also some green and orange — and a handsome black mast. Cardinals often look like the original Angry Birds. They are the right color (Red!) and they… Read More ›
STORM BIRDS AND IN SUNSHINE
The epidemic of disease that has been affecting birds up and down the east coast of the U.S. has ended, so there’s a pretty good chance we’ll start to see our bigger birds again. Soon, I hope. Meanwhile, we have… Read More ›
CARDINALS, BOYS AND GIRLS
We have had a lot of Cardinals lately. Many of them are young birds. You can tell because they still have some fledgling feathers and they look like teenage Cardinals. The boy in the set looks nearly full-grown, but the… Read More ›
ONE HAIRY WOODPECKER
There are two birds that look almost the same. Both are woodpeckers, but not related despite looking so much alike. The difference between them is size. The Hairy Woodpecker (as opposed to the Downy) is much bigger. The smaller woodpecker… Read More ›
A MINI VACATION FOR THE OLD FOLKS
Lacking money to go anywhere — assuming if we had the money we would go anywhere — it’s really nice to get away and see friends. In fact, it’s WONDERFUL. Tom and Ellin live near enough to get there in… Read More ›
UP IN THE AIR JUNIOR BIRD MEN!
Cardinals are my hardest to photograph birds. They sit out there on a feeder until I pick up the camera and then, he vanishes. He doesn’t even fly away, at least not that I can see. He seems to just… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS – RAINY JULY 2021
Touring My Backyard: THE CHANGING SEASONS After a decade of drought, July set new records — at least in Worcester County — for rainfall. Depending on where you lived, we had anywhere from 12 to 14 inches of rain —… Read More ›
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