I didn’t want a standard Bluebird. Between photographs and previous drawings, I have enough “classic” bluebirds. I wanted some Bluebirds with something special. Attitude. It took me six drawings. One, boring. One I screwed up the eyes. One, I screwed… Read More ›
It used to be when I looked out my back door, mostly I saw crabgrass. In early spring, for a while, we have dandelions and violets, but mostly it was crabgrass all summer and snow all winter — with leaves… Read More ›
I think there must be a lot of babies in nests — or eggs ready to become baby birds soon. The birds are not merely eating. They are tearing off pieces of suet and flying away with it. I assume… Read More ›
Yesterday, the bluebirds showed up. Not one or two of them, but at least half a dozen of them including some of the girls. They are a few shades lighter than the boys — more like a slate blue with… Read More ›
FLASHBACK FRIDAY – A YEAR AGO TODAY I just read an article from the Audubon society this morning that they have had considerable success in getting Bluebirds to breed. They now have a couple of dozen nestlings down the road… Read More ›
The Square Odds – February 2022 While I was fighting with MassAdvantage, Garry went outside to feed the birds. He stayed out there a little while to try to keep the Grackles away, and then he went inside, but continued… Read More ›
When we started putting out suet cakes full of seeds, beef suet, and meal worms, I hoped I’d attract some of the bug-eaters — like the Robins and Bluebirds. The Robins aren’t back yet, but today the Bluebirds arrived. A… Read More ›
BIRD WEEKLY – PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS WITH A “B” IN THE TITLE OF THEIR NAME There are a lot of blue birds, but most of them down have a “B” in their names. These were the only ones I could… Read More ›
Blogging Insights # 54 — Evergreen vs Topical Evergreen or topical content, which do you prefer writing? Until the advent of Trumpty Dumpty, I probably wrote an equal amount of both, depending on my mood and the state of my… Read More ›
I kept wondering why I never saw a bluebird. Ever. Not here or in New York. And I know they live here. But this morning I got up and looked out my back windows and the deck was full of… Read More ›
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