Recent Posts Tagged With project feederwatch

• Baffled

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 07:47 am in project feederwatch difference between diy baffle

  Oh goodie, it's snowing again; which almost alwaysbrings wonderful birds down to feed. Sometimes, birds I seldom otherwise see in my yard appear in bad weather...though it's not that bad today.In really bad weather, I sometimes see Purple Finches wh...

• A Preditor Arrives...

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 05:40 pm in project feederwatch cooper's hawk white-throated sparrow white-crowned sparrow difference between

  I was standing in the kitchen and happened to look up as every bird in the yard suddenly took cover; I couldn't see a single bird. Of course, this has happened enough times before that I knew what to do; pick up the binoculars and scan the trees! And...

• First Day of Counting

  Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 02:41 pm in project feederwatch

  There is no question I enjoy watching the birds. I do what I can to attract them to my yard, including spending an exorbitant amount of money feeding them and re-creating my yard to include more fruiting bushes and trees...for the birds. When I can...

• Project Feeder Watch

  Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 08:09 am in project feederwatch

  It's that time again! I can't begin to tell you how fun I found it to play 'citizen scientist' for a few weeks. Not only did I learn a lot, it feels good helping scientists also discover more about our birds. The fact that they are mostly dwindling a...

• This Just In From the New York Times

  Posted on Thursday November 27th, 2008 at 11:19 am in project feederwatch red-brested nuthatch streak-backed oriole

  Fly up and be counted: A lovely piece that includes the story of Pedro, who became Pedro-Maria, the female Streak-backed Oriole visiting Colorado from Mexico. (No, it was not Trinidad where the bird was discovered, it was Loveland: read the story.) I...

• Project FeederWatch Starts Soon!

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 08:13 am in project feederwatch

  This post is copied directly from Cornell's Blog; written by Hugh. I received an e-mail encouraging me to send the post to my friends. So here goes...FeederWatch Needs YouOctober 24, 2008 – 12:59 pmI ran into Project FeederWatch leader David Bonter...

• Dear Doves

  Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 11:30 am in project feederwatch eurasian collared-dove ringed turtle-dove

  I’ve been putting out chicken scratch for the voracious Red-wings and Eurasian Collared-Doves…and found my first possible anomaly. (Sorry the pics are bad: distance and double-paned windows are in the way. Have I mentioned I need a scope?)I have ...