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Mama Barred Owl Preening Chick
Posted on June 26, 2014 Leave a Comment
Spotted these two at the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary last month. Aren’t they a sweet pair?
Newborns
Posted on May 15, 2014 Leave a Comment
Three tiny newborn red-winged blackbirds. Total cuteness! These little sweethearts where in a nest near the boardwalk at Wakodahatchee. I just love Springtime!
Birdy Buys: A Blue Tit Teapot
Posted on April 20, 2014 Leave a Comment
A gift from my friend Cynde, this lovely teapot by Gracie Bone China features a pair of Blue Tits on a branch of blackberries. It’s my new favorite! You can get your own here. It is even more beautiful in person and would make a great gift for the bird lover!
Blue-gray Tanager
Posted on March 17, 2014 3 Comments
Every morning I was at the Pura Vida Spa in Costa Rica, I would get up at sunrise to listen to the dawn chorus. After an hour or so, I would walk over to this banana tree that had a bunch of over-ripe fruit. It attracted the wrens, the blue-crowned motmot (pics of him to […]
Flying Across the World
Posted on March 5, 2014 2 Comments
I’m a member of Postcrossing.com, a project that allows people from all over the world to send postcards. On my profile, I let people around the world know that if they send something with a bird or a tidbit about a bird, I would share it here on girlbirder.com. I enjoy this project so much…sending […]
White-winged Doves at Feeder
Posted on February 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
Are you all participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend? I did my count today, bird watching from my patio, under a blanket because it was cold down here in South Florida! I watched for 70 minutes and saw 20 species for a total of 64 individual birds. I counted 10 muscovy ducklings […]
Everglades Birding Festival
Posted on February 2, 2014 Leave a Comment
A couple of weeks ago I attended the Everglades Birding Festival. I ended up going on the South Dade Exotics and the Upper Keys Natural Adventure field trips. In those two days I saw 46 species and ticked off 9 new lifers! Although I don’t have pictures of everything I saw, here are my favorites: […]
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.
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