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Breakfast of Champions
This nuthatch came by one of our feeders for breakfast this morning.
Keep your eye on the sparrow (part 2)
Keep your eye on the sparrow
A colony of sparrows is populating the community housing unit atop a flagpole above our back deck. They’ve got it pretty good back there, with plenty of available food (we provide) and loads of handy nesting materials. This unit has 10 apartments and as near… Read More
An elaborate woodpecker feeder
When I hung the wire cage from the crane, my intention was that it hold a poem (preferably a waterproof one). In the meantime, I’d like to encourage the local downy woodpecker to visit again, so I loaded the cage up with suet. The last… Read More
Name that bird
This bird visited one of our feeders today. We’re thinking maybe it’s one of the grosbeaks since it seems to have an oversized beak but we’re not sure. Can you identify this one?
Visitor
A downy woodpecker visited our deck today….
Long Branch Good Morning 8:00 am
Rise and Shine with the gang on 27th Street
Avian Symphony
Out with the partners at dawn today, the avian symphony was spectacular. No construction. The stinky forklift constantly chugging away next door hadn’t started up yet. No generators. No idling construction vans. Just birds. Lots and lots of birds, creating a magical layers backdrop to… Read More
Mr. Robin
Lots of robins out in the park early this morning. The early bird, after all, gets the worm.
27th Street 