Birds

A Murmuration Of Starlings

by Beca January 13, 2012

Tweet Even if you have seen this before, this is awesome enough to watch it again. A short film that follows the journey of two girls in a canoe on the River Shannon and how they stumble across one of nature’s greatest phenomenons; a murmuration of starlings.

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Eggs in the nest!

by Beca May 12, 2011

Tweet The other day Del saw a bird leaving the bird house overlooking the ravine, so he opened the door and looked inside. Imagine our delight to see a nest and five eggs. Probably not bluebird eggs, which is what the house is “supposed” to be for, but chickadee eggs. A few weeks ago we [...]

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Bluebird Musing

by Beca April 8, 2011

Tweet In my last post I mentioned the bluebirds who were trying to get into our house. Did I also mention that I love bluebirds? I love the way they wait their turn on the feeders, and sometimes don’t even bother to eat, they just keep each other company. They have a very specific way [...]

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Almost April Fools!

by Beca March 31, 2011

Tweet Last night the snow started coming down. This morning the birds are out in full force, singing as if nothing happened. The robins are happily cheering in the pine trees, and the cardinal is chirping outside my office door. In fact I was a few minutes late hanging up the suet feeder and I [...]

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Hummingbird video

by Beca July 9, 2010

Tweet Beca Lewis This view is just too wonderful to not share:

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Hummer at the feeder

by Beca May 25, 2010

Tweet We have two of these Hummzinger feeders. I love them and so do the hummingbirds!

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Preparing for Hummingbirds

by Beca April 2, 2010

Tweet Hummingbird: Messenger of Joy The last few days here in Ohio have been as beautiful as anyone could desire. I have managed to get in a few hours of computer work before being pulled out into the beautiful day to clean up the garden, and plant some spring bulbs. But, most of all get [...]

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Attracting birds and butterflies

by Beca March 12, 2010

Tweet Check out Duncraft – they are also running a special.Bird Supplies – every kind you can imagine .. and even some you can’t! Gardener’s Supply is running a cool special that last’s until April 15th (a deadline date if I ever heard one). So why not use their special to get some of those [...]

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Give those birds a home!

by Beca March 8, 2010

Tweet Good Monday morning! Over the weekend the birds in my yard appear to have gone to a bird convention. The suet feeder and the sunflower feeder are mostly vacant where last week there were all kinds of birds sharing food, dropping food, and waiting in waiting in line for more food. Perhaps they are [...]

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