Remember when we spent $140 on Nyjer seed for the redpolls? Yeah well they ate it all. And demanded more. And our Hardware Store can’t get any in from the…
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Working for the Birds
At Christmas time, the Redpolls were spotting heading up the Klondike Highway for Dawson City. I know, because I was driving that highway and hit two of them. Redpolls head…
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Crocuses everywhere!
It was warm up on the Dome this afternoon! Twenty degrees with a light breeze and hot sun. I was the only one around, so I wandered around to see…
Read MoreJanuary bird party
This week’s bird party was sponsored by Brian & Leanne & family. They gave me this awesome birdseed wreath. The birds were skeptical, but as usual, it was a chickadee that…
Read MoreBeautiful day off, like an Indian summer, only in November
We both had today off in lieu of Remembrance Day yesterday. It was warm today! Double digits! Jeff finished a step for the front door yesterday and today he replaced…
Read MoreSaturday morning sounds
It is a sunny Saturday morning. I am sitting on the porch listening to: Monty’s nails click across the deck A singing robin A woodpecker banging on a tree A…
Read MoreSorry inanimate objects… I was running late…
Sorry alarm clock, woodstove, sink, tap, dishes, car, ice, wipers, wet pants, socks, shirt, keys, shampoo and every other inanimate object that I growled and grumbled at this morning. But…
Read MoreSnowy afternoon bird party
Here are a few bird photos I took earlier this week: Sally loves watching the birds.
Read MoreToday’s bird party sponsored by….
Brian & Leanne & family!! They had a humongous bag of sunflower seeds delivered to our house for Christmas. Today I filled up the bird feeders before I left for…
Read MoreGood morning, slept in, Jeff is missing, and the birds are coming
Awwww, the perfect Saturday morning. It is after 10am and my hair is still standing straight up. I can only guess that Jeff woke up in the dark hours but…
Read MoreHungry Birdies
Saturday, those pretty yellow birds, shopping, snow storm
It’s Saturday morning and a big flock of those pretty yellow and black big birds just flew it – evening grosbeaks I think they were called. Jeff counted 20 of…
Read MoreHummingbird Season
We have 2 hummingbird feeders now – the traditional hanging variety, and the small type that sticks with a suction cup to a window (like Uncle Joe has in PEI)….
Read MoreFirst guests at our bird bath
We’ve been looking for the perfect bird bath since we lived in the Sault and we finally found one earlier this spring that was perfect! Today Jeff noticed the first…
Read MoreBird Species spotted here this month
Indigo bunting Rose-breasted grosbeak Canada goose Bald eagle Mourning dove Downy woodpecker Red-breasted nuthatch White-breasted nuthatch Ruby-throated hummingbird Blue jay American crow Black-capped Chickadee American Robin European Starling Yellow-rumped warbler…
Read MoreBird Party here this morning
Photos from the bird party that is going on outside. And here are 2 of the cats because Jeff’s brother Brian says I don’t post enough kitten pictures for him:
Read Moreooooo we’re so stuffed
Jeff and I had a great morning outside doing yard work. I cut the grass while Jeff cleaned out the shed and burned stuff. The Evening Grosbeak came back, and…
Read MoreFemale Downy Woodpecker
I believe this is a female downy woodpecker. It was eating from one of the hanging suet feeders when I got home from work:
Read MoreNew Bird! Evening Grosbeak?
There is a new bird outside RIGHT now! He’s way bigger than the finches, he’s yellow white and black, and has a huge thick beak. He’s eating sunflower seeds. Here…
Read MoreNew Birds this Spring
Here’s an update on the birds we’ve seen here in Nova Scotia. I’m no ornithologist, but the Nova Scotia bird book we bought is pretty good. We’ve had some new…
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