Long Way From Home

Hooboy!  Just when you and I thought I'd be taking a break from the Pigeon tales, here comes another one...Late Saturday afternoon I took notice to a Pigeon out back who was banded.  I couldn't miss the bright red band around his leg.And of course, as you can see, I got my camera pretty darn quick and went to work on this bird and his band.  Who wouldn't want to get the numbers on any banded bird and learn about it?Lucky for me the...

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Bits and Bites

Well I've been wanting to get in here and gab away about this or that but just haven't had the time or occasionally the desire to spin a tale.  And seeing it's been almost 2 weeks since I last keyed something out, I figure I better get at it...So, how about a little mish mash of catching up on the animal adventures of late?For starts, I put out the call to my Pigeon pals a few weeks ago.  And within days all the birds came back to me. ...

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Getting Ready for the Bluebirds!

This past Sunday I joined some fellow members from The Ontario Eastern Bluebird society for a trip about part of Bronte Creek Provincial Park. The purpose for the trip was a maintenance check of the nest boxes, see what needed cleaning out, what needed some repair, and see if any nest activity had begun yet.We were doing the east side of the park. The team, who looks after these boxes, did the west side of the park earlier in the week. Their find...

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Where'd They All Go?

Oh boy, aren't you all so lucky to see another blog about my Pigeon friends!Things are a little strange lately and I'm unsure why. The regular visits, hand feeding multiple birds, has almost come to a stop. I say "almost" because there are still very random sporadic visits the last few weeks, never really knowing who is going to show and when.Pierre last visited me on April 5th. He did have some 3 day stints coming to the back door in March which...

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Raccoon Release

On Saturday April 5th I participated in the release of 4 young Raccoons. From what I know of them, they were born very late last season and orphaned. And the kind people of Hobbitstee were once again willing to help.  I photo'd their release of 5 young Red Fox last year, see video here.At a meeting with Hobbitstee last fall about a fundraiser, see blog here, we learned about the Raccoon young'uns, and Angie and I offered to "sponsor" them...

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