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Happy New Year!
Posted on January 1, 2014 Leave a Comment
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014! I wanted to share my bird-related haul from the Christmas season. Some of these I received as gifts and others I bought myself because well, you know…it’s hard to resist something with a bird on it! 😉 I got three calendars: The National Audubon Society BIRDS calendar. This is a […]
Red-bellied Woodpecker, Female
Posted on November 22, 2013 1 Comment
She suddenly showed up for a split second while I was shooting the blue jay pics. I got one shot off and this was it!
My Little Family of Blue Jays
Posted on November 21, 2013 2 Comments
I have a family of five blue jays. I had a pair that had four babies that fledged in my garden last spring. They would bring them everyday from the nest to my fenced-in side garden, which is also canopied by a sky vine draped over a strawberry guava tree. It offered protection as they […]
Geese in London
Posted on November 13, 2013 2 Comments
You can always find the Canada, Greylang and Egyptian goose hanging out in London along the Round Pond, Longwater and the Serpentine. You can also find herons, gulls, shags, swans, various ducks such as tufted and pochard as well as a couple of different species of grebes. Throw in Regent’s Park and the London Wetlands […]
Starlings & a Boat-tailed Grackle
Posted on November 4, 2013 Leave a Comment
European Starlings join a single Boat-tailed Grackle up on some wires near Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge.
Great Egret
Posted on October 31, 2013 Leave a Comment
My cat Sookie spotted this Great Egret hunting lizards in my front yard.
Sunrise 10.28.2013 with a Red-shouldered Hawk
Posted on October 28, 2013 Leave a Comment
I woke up before the sun rose. Not on purpose mind you, but I just couldn’t fall back asleep. So I made a cup of coffee and went out to the patio to watch the sunrise over the lake. As the sun was coming up I could hear a lot of warbler noise but I […]
The Checklist
Posted on October 27, 2013 2 Comments
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. This is one big-ass birding checklist! I had no idea when I ordered it how big and all-encompassing it would be. It’s nothing but the list. Of every bird known in the world. The Amy Farrah Fowler in me squealed with delight over the idea of such an […]
London Wetlands
Posted on October 26, 2013 2 Comments
I have been going to London once or twice a year since 1999. And in all those visits I had no idea there was a nature preserve right there in the city! The WWT London Wetland Centre is located on the Queen’s Walk. In addition to all the great parks London has to offer, the […]
Girl Birder 
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