I was away for about 5 days last week. As I drove up to my house I was stunned to see a new bird at my feeder. I’d never seen it before. Turns out it’s an Evening Grosbeak. Here’s an excellent image from The Zen Birdfeeder in upstate New York. She also has an excellent [...]
Posts Tagged ‘birds’
A Very Special Visitor
Posted in birds, tagged birds on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Birds Are Back
Posted in birds, tagged birds on May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I can’t tell if it’s just because it’s spring … or that my feeder is back up. It took the Chickadees only a few hours to discover the feeder’s new location. But it was over a week before the crowds showed up. The first were the American Goldfinch … in clusters of six or more! [...]
Backyard Sightings
Posted in Bees, birds, tagged Bees, birds on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the second year I’ve spotted the Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Audubon briefly visit my yard — same time of year, same corner of yard. There were at least two pairs. Apparently they pass through here while migrating to breed. They were very shy and hard to glimpse with binoculars, let alone a camera! I really [...]
Chickadee Birdhouse
Posted in birds, tagged birds on April 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had my birdhouse(s) for nearly two years. Last year House Sparrows robbed / invaded the Chickadees’ nest. I installed predator guards to make the entrance small enough to thwart them. A month ago a female House Sparrow returned and spent several hours trying to get into the birdhouse. I was painting a bedroom and [...]
Pink Madness
Posted in Bees, birds, flowers, tagged Bees, birds, flowers on March 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Every year I tell myself that this year I’m not going to get excited about my flowering cherry. But, heck! Spring is imminent and the bees are out in full force. I brought out the step ladder and just sat up there in the blossoms and got a little mad with pink. You’ll note the [...]
Avian Update
Posted in birds, tagged birds on March 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Well, I’m going to have to take down all my feeders, suet cages and bird bath for at least 2 weeks. There’s another bird sick — this time a Dark Eyed Junco. I’ve discovered there’s also such a thing as Avian Pox. It’s hard to distinguish which disease they have. Whatever it is – it’s [...]
Visitors
Posted in birds, tagged birds on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I started some cool weather seedlings (peas and lettuce) on the back porch. I was startled when a bird flew right past my head under the eaves. Now granted the birds are pretty used to me and they know I’m the one who refills the feeder … but this was really close in. Sadly, this [...]
Sunny Days ~ Chilly Nights
Posted in birds, flowers, garden, weather, tagged birds, garden, weather on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it’s been darn cold at night – in the low 20′s. The air’s been so dry that there’s barely any hoarfrost on the ground. But my birdbath had a solid sheet of ice on it. With the clear skies there’s been lots of sunshine. I feel as if my fellow citizens and I are [...]
Birds a-plenty
Posted in birds, Vancouver, tagged birds, Vancouver on February 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Forever Young hike along the Lewis River and wetland was replete, a-flutter and a-honk with Canadian Geese. Listening to them, it’s easy to understand where the word “gaggle” came from. The third stop on yesterday’s Forever Young wuss-hike was a drive through the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge – a vast wetland of over 5,000 [...]
Close to home
Posted in birds, Fall colors, Hikes, Walks, tagged birds, Hikes, Walks on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
During the winter months, the 50+ hiking group goes on shorter hikes closer in. This week’s trip consisted of two city walks. This post is about the 2nd, shorter walk. It was along the waterfront of Vancouver: the Renaissance Waterfront Trail — something I didn’t even know existed. We head out in an eastward direction [...]
