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BREEDING WOODPECKERS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 06/26/2022 • ( 7 )

The dying tree in the backyard is full of birds and nests. Many doves live and nest in the tree. It should also be be no surprise that the dying tree (which has been dying for years) is the home… Read More ›

THE BATTLE FOR WHITIN’S POND – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 08/23/2019 • ( 21 )

There is an ongoing war between the Canada geese and the swans. It has, it seems, been going on forever and will go on forevermore. Ducks get along with every other kind of waterfowl. Swans, geese, even herons will swim… Read More ›

NESTING PUPS

By Marilyn Armstrong on 11/22/2017 • ( 11 )

Maybe it’s the weather, or maybe there’s just nothing going on. For the first time in quite a while, the weather is nice. Not warm, but not bitterly cold, either. In this moment, Bonnie and Gibbs are outside, while Duke… Read More ›

By Marilyn Armstrong on 05/13/2014 • ( 9 )

I took this picture “blind” because I could not see the swan with my own eyes. The nest and swan were almost invisible behind the reeds on the far side of the pond. All I could see was a bit… Read More ›

Mom and the Kids – Back to the Pond

By Marilyn Armstrong on 07/23/2013 • ( 16 )

I hadn’t had the time to check back at the pond and see how the battle of the swan and geese had gone. But I did get there today, at least briefly and the whole swan family was out. Six… Read More ›

Battle of the Nests – Chapter 3

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/25/2013 • ( 13 )

When I first started following the drama at Whitins Pond, the Canada Geese had come and taken over the nest belonging to the pond‘s long term residents, Mr. and Mrs. Mute-Swan. The daring fait accompli has not been without ramifications,… Read More ›

Standoff on the Pond

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/24/2013 • ( 0 )

We stopped at the pond yesterday and I was sad to see that the geese are still occupying the nesting area and the swans are still patrolling around it. The longer the stand-off continues, the less likely we are to… Read More ›

Swans On Our Pond

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/17/2013 • ( 13 )

Now that the war has begun between the Canada geese and the swans, I wonder if our swans will remain here or fly to a different pond that hasn’t been invaded by the geese? For the meantime, I’m glad they… Read More ›

Fowl Invasion

By Marilyn Armstrong on 04/16/2013 • ( 10 )

It’s spring and the swans are back on the ponds and have built a nest along the shallow marshy edge. Today, the Canada geese came and tried … and I think succeeded … in driving them out of their nest. I… Read More ›