There are so many baby birds around the house right now. The highlight are the baby Baltimore orioles, which just started flight school. Mama flies about from branch to branch up in the trees, showing the junior orioles how it’s done. The little ones hop… Read More
We have a family of grackles in one of our spruce trees and this afternoon was all about food for the kids.
We have a colony of sparrows living in the condos we provided out back. I really enjoy having them around. They’ve been nesting and I think some of them are sitting on eggs. When the ice storm came the bird houses were swaying some in… Read More
My sparrow friends have been really busy nesting over the past few days. I think some of them are already sitting on eggs. It looks like the main condo above the deck is full and the red house is occupied. The converted martin house has… Read More
My bird friends were waiting when I went out to refill the feeders in the snow this morning. It took Mr. Cardinal and his buddies all of 15 seconds to get on the feeders after I filled them.
We enjoy regular visits from downy woodpeckers here at 27th Street.
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