According to the state, whatever pestilence ran rife among the birds in the latter part of summer is now past us, and it's safe to once again feed and provide baths/water to them. I've got all my stuff set up again, and a fair crowd in the backyard, even as I type. As one might expect at this time of year, the food is being passed over in favour ( Read more... )

As I noted earlier, we had a bit of a storm Wednesday afternoon.


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Late season snows are often the heaviest, and prettiest, at least around here. It's snowing again, rather heavily. The wind at ground is calm, but the flakes are coming down as big, compound flakes that look rather like eiderdown. I think that means there's vertical winds further up, to allow the big flakes to form. A trip out back to restock ( Read more... )

Sitting by the window writing, halfways paying attention to the birds, when suddenly they scattered in every direction with a huge outcry, and about a second later either a Hawk or a Falcon (I'm about 99% sure a Hawk) went tearing through the backyard as hard as he could go, almost down on the grass, around my bedroom corner, then back around the ( Read more... )

I now have full-time Bluejays. Rather a quantity of them, in fact, at least three, and perhaps as many as five. Their colours are already looking muted, more of a dusty greyish-blue than anything. They seem to have replaced the Grackles at the peanut tray. All of the feeders are less busy than at the peak season, given that there's not that ( Read more... )

Okay. Something has opened up a major rift between the Birds and Squirrels. A few minutes ago I saw the Grackles and Starlings absolutely mobbing the new Squirrel as he fled up the tree. He was spiralling around the trunk trying to shake them, and they were just on his case bigly. He finally reached a hole. A few minutes later, the Chipmunk, ( Read more... )

An interesting day, filled with things to do and see!


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Totino's frozen pizza - the Breakfast of Champions ( Read more... )

The back yard is absolutely alive with birds! I'm here at my desk, and Alexandra is lying on the windowsill, both of us watching and listening through the screen. Sparrows and Starlings and Robins in the main, with the occasional Woodpecker. They all seem so exuberant and happy this morning, for some reason - no fights that I've seen. There's a ( Read more... )