Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The little bird who could

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(Dark-eyed junco nest on the right front tire of my Elantra) This is my favorite time of year, primarily because migrant birds are retu...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Birds in June

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(Robin's nest in a Syringa.  Why are the eggs of the American robin blue?) I spent an hour this morning appraising the avian situ...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Does touching a bird's nest cause the female to abandon it?

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(Male Bobolink.  The male usually helps at the nest, but the female does most of the work.) Did you grow up with your mother telling yo...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

The short, but eventful, avian calendar

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(Daffodils at DrTom's.  It goes so fast; winter will be here before we know it.) I tend to think of the year in bird seasons. Apri...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

The phoebe and the porch light

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 (An Eastern Phoebe with an insect.  Is it the same bird nesting on my porch light year after year?) Each year in late March, Eastern P...
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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Cats: our feline friends, or are they?

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(Cat eating a bird it has just killed.) About a decade ago I had a student in my Conservation Biology class named Scott Boomer. We were...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Gulliver, the red-eyed vireo

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(Red-eyed vireo) One morning in June a few years ago, I went out onto the deck to have my morning coffee. I heard a loud begging squawk of...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Sense of place

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(Today's post is not humorous, so set the dial in your brain accordingly.  It is a little deeper, and more heartfelt than usual.  Bu...
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