Something I meant to document from awhile ago - the fourth of July as a matter of fact.  But as the profile says, events may not occur in chronological order. Winter holidays just past so you get something from a warm summer one.

( crowds and a single visitor... )

Crossposted to urban_nature...

Yesterday, because I was behind on something, I ate lunch at my desk.

( This guy decided to join me... )

Last summer, runsamuck and Gareth built a birdhouse as a kind of father-son woodworking project.


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Hmm. I had no idea turkey vultures were such a big problem, until someone sent a question in to my agency's Q&A, regarding them roosting on his tile roof and damaging it ( Read more... )

Heh! This is a great series of photos.

I don't think I'd worry too much about the cranes; Beau's owner is more worried they might go after him... In a rural area as this appears to be, I'd be worried more about raptors carrying him off, which happens occasionally even around here...

Not only have I been constantly hearing cedar waxwings in the neighborhood lately, the kingbirds are back, although I haven't determined whether they're Westerns or Tropicals. I hear the waxwings more often than I see them, with their very high-pitched piping calls, while the kingbirds seem to be using the Moreton Bay fig in front of our house as ( Read more... )

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( Forgive another owl post... )

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