Sunday Prey

After a wonderful near full day at the Royal Botanical Gardens with the annual general meeting for the Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society on Saturday March 22, we decided to spend Sunday at home with our critter family. It would give me many hours of backyard bird watching for "Project Feeder Watch". I had high hopes of great sightings since late Saturday we had 15 Common Grackles, 8 Red-winged Blackbirds and 2 American Robins which were welcomed...

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Why Blog?

Today is the first day of Spring and I sit here listening to the sounds of a Wood Thrush behind me... on a cd. As this winter just doesn't seem to want to go away and I look for the small signs in the natural world that Spring is indeed coming regardless of the snow and cold temperatures, I still push it a little more by playing bird song cds in the kitchen. The Wood Thrush is one of my favorite calls! Check this link for various Thrush songs,...

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My New Friend

Winter rolls along, the bird activity at home is very sporadic. I miss the days of constant flow at the feeders, having double digits of American Goldfinch, more than one pair of Northern Cardinals, White Breasted Nuthatches, etc. Even the masses of Starlings kept things interesting. I guess that's life, things change for one reason or another, and so have I.Most know I've done a complete turn around on my feelings towards Pigeons. No longer...

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2013 Year In Review

I started this blog at the end of January 2014 and it's now the beginning of March. Some long hours in this blog, and a few times I just left it aside as I birded, nursed a cold or life just got in the way. Well, it's done now, it's long with a lot of links to other blogs, other sites, lots of pictures and I hope you enjoy stepping into my world for the year of 2013 with the animals. It's been a fun blog for me, re-visiting many moments, some...

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