Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds. Show all posts
Friday, January 18, 2013

The Best Birder Book

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About a year ago I began "birding". Birding is a common term for bird watching as a hobby; birdwatching and birding are interchang...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Build a Bird House

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Like restless people spending a nice spring day looking for a new apartment, many active birds are searching for a new abode in the warming ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Birds Are Talking

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Spring is in the air. Literally. The crisp, cold silence of frigid winter mornings has been replaced by the murmurs of awakening wildlife. T...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Beginning Bird Watching

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It's not often that home gardeners can compare themselves to Steve Martin, Jack Black, or Owen Wilson. The three actors recently starred...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Using Bird Netting

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Luring birds to my garden to observe them among my flowers and trees is a major activity of mine. Watching through the kitchen window, we wa...
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Monday, August 8, 2011

Hummingbird Photos

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Hummingbirds are familiar visitors to my gardens. I've written about them before and will again because I, like most gardeners, find the...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Hummingbirds in the Garden

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Gardeners around the world grow colorful flowers and plants to attract birds to their landscapes. But it is only in the Americas where hummi...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Birds in the Garden

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Birds and butterflies are the two most likely creatures you want to attract to your garden. While much time is spent by gardeners deterring ...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Birds of a Feather Hungrily Flock Together

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Birds and gardening go together like rednecks and NASCAR (no disrespect intended). The activity of one brings out thousands of the other. To...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Sunflowers Are For the Birds

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 The brilliant golden petals are faded, shriveled, or gone. The regal stalks and elephantine leaves are drooping and shredded. Where onc...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

A Farewell to Wings

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As the colors of the seasons change so do the colors of the birds in the garden. When the blooming flowers are bold, the presence of humming...
Monday, August 30, 2010

The Birds Know

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At times I feel I'm living in an old "Heckle and Jeckle" cartoon. Remember the talking magpies who would spy a fresh crop of c...
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