Friday, May 24, 2013


Pinterest Roundup: Mother’s Day Gifts

April 27, 2013

Have you checked out our Pinterest boards yet? They’re a great source of ideas and projects for gardeners, bird-lovers, butterfly folks, and more! With Mother’s Day just a few weeks away, now is the time to check out our boards for gift ideas for the moms in your life. Here are some of our favorite [...]

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A Bird’s Nest Built On the Front Door

April 26, 2013

I am sure that you have heard or seen some strange places where birds have made their nests.  Well, a friend of my mother’s discovered this bird’s nest in an unusual place: On her front door! A mourning dove had built her nest inside of their artificial wreath hanging on the front door. Now, you [...]

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Release of little screech owl that had been injured

April 25, 2013

This little screech owl was seen acting as though it was ill or injured about 3 weeks ago by one of my neighbors. She called our local wildlife officer who secured it in a box and was trying to get help transporting it to the Pueblo Raptor Center that is located about 35 miles away. [...]

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Helping a Bird After a Window Strike

April 24, 2013

Earlier this week, I saw my first ever Indigo Bunting. Unfortunately, I saw it after it struck a window at the building where I work, and I was called in to help it out. I thought other bird-lovers might sometimes face this situation and need to know how to handle it, so here are some [...]

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Watch a Nest to Help the Birds

April 22, 2013

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology needs your help! They’re calling on all bird lovers to participate in NestWatch this spring. NestWatch is a citizen science program that helps scientists study and understand birds’ plight. Over the past 30 years, tree swallows, barn swallows violet-green swallows, purple martins and eastern Phoebes have dropped in number. They’re not [...]

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Easy DIY Grapevine Nesting Balls

April 20, 2013

A few weeks ago, fellow blogger Noelle posted an easy way to help nesting birds by filling a suet cage with nest building materials. Today’s project is similar, but a little more decorative, and would make a great gift for a bird-loving mom or grandma on Mother’s Day. It’s easy enough for little hands to [...]

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Hooded Orioles, so stunning

April 18, 2013

This male Hooded Oriole is truly eye-candy! It’s bright orange body is offset by contrasting black mask, bib and tail plus black wings with two white wing bars. I think they are just stunning. Hooded Orioles are primarily a southwestern bird species. It’s range is from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas on the east, [...]

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Why Birds Matter – To Me

April 17, 2013

The most recent issue of Audubon Magazine posed the question “Why do birds matter?” The whole issue was devoted to answers to this question, provided by a diverse group of people ranging from author Jonathon Franzen to birding expert David Sibley, and plenty of folks in between. After reading the magazine, I spent a good deal [...]

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Nesting Eastern Phoebe

April 15, 2013

I spotted this Eastern Phoebe last week in front of one of the cabins where I was staying. I was surprised when this bird did not flush from the area as I walked by. So I stopped to check it out. Aha, I spotted a second Eastern Phoebe sitting on a nest. As I watched [...]

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My Biggest Week To-Do List

April 11, 2013

In just a few short weeks, we are heading to the Biggest Week in American Birding in northwest Ohio. This will be my second time attending and now that I know the ropes, there are a few things I MUST do this year. So I’ve created a little to-do list for myself. 1. Attend a bird [...]

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Super-sized swallows: Purple Martins

April 11, 2013

Purple Martins are, indeed, members of the family of swallows and the largest swallow. And boy are they a purple, at least the males like the one in photo above are. They nest across much of the central and eastern and some western parts of the U.S. and a small section of Canada but spend [...]

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Advanced Backyard Birding: Purple Martin Houses

April 10, 2013

Purple Martins have long co-existed with humans. As early as 1831, John James Audubon noted:  “Almost every country tavern has a martin box on the upper part of its sign-board; and I have observed that the handsomer the box, the better does the inn generally prove to be.” Being a Purple Martin landlord has many [...]

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Killdeer Nest in Middle of a Busy Backyard

April 9, 2013

Last week, my sister was in the backyard of her small farm when a killdeer started squawking at her.  This kept occurring every time she venture out into the back lawn. It wasn’t until the killdeer pretended to have a broken wing that my sister realized that there must be a nest nearby.  Killdeer often [...]

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