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Porch Swing Bird Feeder 16 Aug 2013 | 01:20 am
I found the instructions to make this cute porch swing bird feeder at the Birds and Blooms website. Porch Swing Bird Feeder This porch swing bird feeder will delight people and birds alike! Get int...
Great Blue Heron Highlights 2013 14 Aug 2013 | 10:56 am
From the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Watch Three Herons Grow Up in Eight Minutes – A video compiled from Cornell Lab’s Live Bird Cam of the nest of the Great Blue Herons of Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, NY...
Funky Nests in Funky Places Contest – May 1-June 15 10 May 2013 | 12:16 am
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Celebrate Urban Birds is having their annual Funky Nests in Funky Places Contest! Have you noticed any bird nests in your neighborhood? Peek in a hanging flower basket...
Backyard Nesting Birds 29 Apr 2013 | 10:07 am
We have four birdhouses, also known as nestboxes, in our backyard. Two of them are occupied this spring. One nest box that has been the home of an Oak Titmouse family in past years is occupied by Ches...
Red-tailed Hawk Live Bird Cam – April 2013 29 Apr 2013 | 02:02 am
This live bird cam of Red-tailed Hawks is located in Ithaca, New York and is hosted by Cornell Lab. Three fuzzy chicks have hatched. Viewers of the Cornell Hawks cam can tune in to see Big Red and Ezr...
Great Blue Heron Live Bird Cam – April 2013 17 Apr 2013 | 03:17 am
On Sunday April 14, 2013, at approximately 13:40, the female heron laid her first egg. Great Blue Herons usually lay an egg every two or three days until the clutch is complete. It’s been two days sin...
Hummingbirds – Audubon Hummingbirds at Home – Collecting Data 12 Apr 2013 | 11:27 pm
Together, we can help hummingbirds. Watch this video http://vimeo.com/60849211 Be a part of Audubon’s first all-digital, mobile citizen science network. The Hummingbirds at Home website and smart phon...
The FeederWatch Live Bird Cam is back online! 28 Feb 2013 | 01:50 am
The FeederWatch Live Bird Cam now boasts HD quality viewing and a new, interactive website. The cam is still hosted by Tammie and Ben Hache in Manitouwadge, Ontario. The Haches invite you to look ...
Cedar Waxwings Came and Went! 2 Feb 2013 | 08:42 am
Wednesday morning I was looking out the window at the privet tree in the backyard and telling my husband that the Cedar Waxwings should be arriving soon to eat the ripe berries from the tree. They usu...
Great Blue Heron On My Neighbor’s Chimney 7 Jul 2012 | 02:50 am
A few days ago I was looking out my kitchen window and I was very surprised to see this bird standing statuesquelly on my neighbor’s chimney! I wasn’t sure what kind of bird it was so I ran to get my ...