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Red-Bellied woodpeckers
I thought it would be nice from time to time to share some of my favorite birds. Seeing it's winter and my red-bellied woodpeckers have returned to feed on suet and peanuts I thought I would start with...
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Dealing with squirrel problems
From some of the responses to post here, squirrels seem to be a problem for most people who feed birds. There are plenty of ways to solve the problem and I'll try and cover some here.When I first...
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Lessons We Can Learn From Geese
While researching geese online I came across this one day. While I wish I could take credit for it I can't. However it's so interesting I thought this would be the perfect place to share it.Fact 1: As...
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My Favorite Christmas Bird
Sorry it's been a while since my last post, but I've been busy with the holiday season as I'm sure most of you haveI've had some good ideas for new post, but they will have to stay on hold until after...
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Here come the Starlings
Well here it is early January and I have the flu, so the starlings felt this would be a great time to start invading the feeders.As I mentioned in an earlier post, I said once they started arriving I...
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Cardinals
The temperatures are going to really drop this week here in northern Ohio and have already started to take the fall. I've noticed the cardinals are hanging around more.As you can see this guy loves...
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Black-Capped Chickadee
Sorry for being out of circulation so long but things have been crazy lately. It seems what little time I've had that I could post here has been spent feeding our feathered freinds.The birds have...
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Spring will be here soon
Well we are finally on the down side of winter. For the most part the winter was mild here and the birds did not have it to bad. However we're not out of the woods yet so continue your winter...
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Please remember to help our feathered friends in their journey by providing food and water.
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Spring Is Finally Here
Well at least by the calender, spring has finally arrived. The weather here in Ohio has yet to really prove that, but some signs are starting to occur.The robins have finally started showing up in the...
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Finally got Chickadees to nest here
It's been a great week for birds here. To start with me and my wife were going to my mom and dads house to look after their cats while on vacation. They live in a very nice neighborhood in the western...
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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Well it's that time of year again, time for the return of the ruby-throated hummingbirds. Here in Ohio they usually arrive from mid April to early May. As I stated in my last post they usually arrive...
View ArticleHummingbird Nest Documentary - High Quality
Here's a great video I found of hummingbirds from egg to the day they leave the nest. Hopefully I can be lucky enough to witness this first hand
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The Eastern Bluebird
One of the most anticipated for allot of people come spring, is the return of the Eastern Bluebird. While I do not get them in my yard, I did try for about 3 years (not knowing any better) and I do...
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After Some Soul Searching Here's my conclusion
After sitting back a week and deciding what direction I would take concerning the blog, I came up with the following conclusion. I put up the recommended site meter and the hits are less than...
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Red-Winged Blackbird
Sticking with the wishes of the voting, the red-winged blackbird won by one vote. As promised that will be this weeks topic.First I want to start by saying that me and my wife went bird watching...
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The Baltimore Oriole
Finally managed to attract a Baltimore Oriole to the yard this year after three years of trying. As you can see from the picture I was also lucky enough for it to be a male. Unfortunately there was no...
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Chipping Sparrow
Well sticking with the format, the chipping sparrow came out on top this week. Remember to place your vote in the side bar poll for the bird you would like to see covered next. Even if your bird does...
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The House Wren
The bird receiving the most votes this week was the house wren. It seems to be the right bird at the right time seeing I opened one of my wren boxes today and found five eggs. The male has been singing...
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Indigo Bunting
No real unusual bird sightings this week. The weather has been extremely hot but the bird activity has been consistent. The humming birds come in all day to lick nectar. Remember if your feeding them...
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The Downy Woodpecker
This weeks winner by popular voting is the downy woodpecker. The male to the left was captured by me yesterday enjoying some suet from my suet log. The logs are not very expensive usually $15 to $20...
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A Day Late But Here's The Blue Jay
Sorry for posting late this week but I had a busy weekend. As you can see from the title and picture the blue jay was voted bird of the week. I'll tally those not chose and add them to next weeks...
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Sorry But I'm On Vacation This Week
Sorry for the late post. I'm on vacation this week and I'm spending all my time with my second love flying remote controlled jets. Much like the guys in the picture, I have had my share of close calls....
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Bird update 04/25/2012 The 2012 spring migration is underway. So far it's just been yellow-rumped warblers and palm warblers. We also saw norther water thrush and hermit thrush. I'm expecting new birds...
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