Tag: birding
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January 08, 2009 03:56 PM EST --
I was able to take a short break this afternoon to step outside and play with the new telephoto lens that I received for Christmas. It just arrived on Tuesday and this was my first opportunity to try . . .
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July 23, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
I've been hearing fledglings chirping for their parents all morning. Haven't seen them but I suspect cardinals and mockingbirds. I have two golden retrievers so I've . . .
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May 19, 2009 05:31 PM EDT --
Early this morning as my husband and I walked thru the living room towards the back door in preparation for his morning departure I saw a large bird flying down in front of the window.
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June 05, 2009 12:36 PM EDT --
T-minus 14 and counting. I had read that Carolina Wren nestlings remained for 14 days after hatching. I began counting from the morning I saw the newly hatched babies; I was wrong.
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August 02, 2009 08:15 PM EDT --
Yesterday I attend an annual "Wild Wings" program at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, NC. A wildlife biologist, Susan Campbell , was there for the seventh year to catch, . . .
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June 02, 2009 01:48 PM EDT --
I wanted some shots of feeding time at the Wrens' house but my presence on the porch had always been immediately detected, no matter how I tried to disguise myself with patio furniture cushions. Mrs. . . .
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June 04, 2009 03:34 PM EDT --
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have enjoyed watching feeding time from my windows, but had a hard time photographing the parents with the meals. I tried sitting on the furniture on the porch . . .
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March 04, 2007 05:45 PM EST --
He walked slowly across the patio and paused right next to the door opening. He listened for any people or cat noises coming from inside. All was quiet. Well, he thought, it’s now or never, . . .
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July 16, 2009 05:40 PM EDT --
As an economic report, this seems kind of suspect. But Minnesota's in the Top 5, so here we go.
A new report from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service shows:
One of every five Americans . . .
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August 01, 2006 06:13 AM EDT --
ducks at jinonice reservoir
ducky song for the occassion
beggars in stromovka park
Ducky Picture by Janine Russell
http://tinyurl.com/f3gzp
oh to be a duck
and swim . . .
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September 21, 2008 06:54 PM EDT --
I had the most incrediable experience involving a hummingbird yesterday that I just have to share it with my Gather friends!!
I was sitting outside in my screened porch talking with my daughter on . . .
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January 19, 2009 01:45 PM EST --
The American Coot ( Fulica americana ) is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. About 16 inches (40 cm) in length and weighing 1.4 lb (0.65 kg), adults have a short . . .
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April 17, 2009 09:22 PM EDT --
When I realized I had 25 different bird type photos from just the last 4 months, I thought I better limit myself in what I share or else this article would never finish loading. I have included a few . . .
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May 17, 2006 12:16 AM EDT --
When I was a child, there used to be hundreds of species of birds around the farm where I grew up. Some of my favorites were red-winged blackbirds, robins, killdeer, eastern blue birds, finches and Baltimore . . .
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April 20, 2007 10:00 PM EDT --
Today was a beautiful day in southern Ontario. It was warm enough we didn't need jackets, but not so hot it was unbearable. It was around 70 degrees, which is a bit unseasonable for this time of year. . . .
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May 25, 2008 03:06 PM EDT --
Once upon a time -- some weekend during the mid-1990s -- Keelung invited a student from Taida (National Taiwan University) who was working in his (University of California, San Francisco) lab to come birdwatching . . .
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August 05, 2006 10:11 AM EDT --
When we first moved to our new home on about five acres of heavily wooded land about three years ago we brought our birds feeders with us. We hung them on the outside of our . . .
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September 08, 2006 09:43 AM EDT --
Our hummingbirds, which entertained us since March 31 this year, departed for their winter homes in Central America on September 7 and 8 this year. Although the weather is still warm in Greenville, . . .
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February 16, 2007 08:28 AM EST --
I am sending this out to remind those who are not in my bird group Feathers
that the back yard bird count starts today.
will you be counting? For the full article see Back yard Bird Count . . .
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February 12, 2009 02:14 PM EST --
The Great Backyard Bird Count is almost here!
We'd like to remind you that the 12 th annual Great Backyard Bird Count takes place this coming Friday through Monday, Februrary 13-16 . . .
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