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Don’t Fool With Mama Osprey
The baby Osprey at Almshouse Creek is getting bigger, but Mama Osprey continues to be a fierce protector. I watched them for quite awhile this morning, and most of the time, Mama was most busy...
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(I Am) One With You
(I am) one with you we meet yet have always been together we are Tagged: birding, Birds, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
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“In order to see birds, it is necessary to become part of the silence.”...
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Our Disappearing Birds: The Red-Headed Woodpecker
The Red-Headed Woodpecker, a checkerboard-patterned woodpecker, was once so common in the central to eastern United States that orchard owners and farmers paid bounties on them. According to...
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“When you increase the number of gardens, you increase the number of heavens...
One of the joys of having my children living with me the last couple of years has been watching my son’s garden grow. He took the little patch of front yard and turned into this garden. I spent some...
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Where’s Waldo?: The Least Bittern Edition, Part 2
I parked my car along Bear Swamp Pool, and just sat and watched for awhile this afternoon. An unusual movement in the reeds caught my attention. A Least Bittern was hunting for minnows at the edge of...
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Spread Your Wings and Learn to Fly: The Baby Osprey at Almshouse Creek
The baby Osprey at Almshouse Creek is looking more and more like his parents. He is about three-fourths the size of mama now. His looks differ only in the mottled appearance of his wings, all tipped...
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Sunflowers and Goldfinches
Several of the sunflower heads in the garden are going to seed, and of course, the neighborhood Goldfinches are visiting quite often! They seem to enjoy perching and resting on the sunflower stems...
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A Beautiful Summer Day at Bombay Hook
The shorebirds are beginning to flock together, even as the summer songbirds are still plentiful. With the blue skies and bright sunshine, it was a wonderful day to spend at my favorite national...
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A Quiet Summer Day
I had a little bit of time to walk at Davidsonville Park this morning. It was very, very quiet. The only photo I got was this one of a Goldfinch eating the thistles from the Purple Cone Flowers at the...
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