My Bird Sanctuary Dream

 (One of the dangers of leaving too much time between experience, photos and actual posting, is getting dates and times mixed up. Last post had some such errors - which I've corrected. The photo...

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I apologize for leaving so many days in between posts. In addition to getting my daughter ready for Running Start at the local community college, I've been busy selling and ordering my college te...

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I have had a water dish at the feeders this year and I've seen birds take a little drink and even step into the dish from time-to-time. There has never been the activity that I thought there woul...

http://birddreams.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-song-sparrow-series-water.html

It was about ten or twelve days before I could get some good photographs of the problem on the Song Sparrow's neck. I had gone out to check the nest when she decided to fly up on that weed again ...

http://birddreams.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-song-sparrow-series-back-of-her-neck.html

The next morning, July 5th, as soon as I ate my breakfast, I went out to the rhodie to see if I could get any photos of the mother bird. It wasn't easy. I couldn't get very close when I would see...

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After her world had been torn apart, and her home renovated and relocated, I wondered if the mother bird would return to the nest. I wondered how far along the eggs were in the incubation period ...

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Vetch, vetch, and more vetch! My yard is being overtaken by this viney weed. As you can see, it is thick and it covers anything it can climb over - including the rose bush and the rhododendron in...

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I haven't blogged in so long! I can't list all the things that I've been occupied with, but there hardly seems to be enough hours in the day or enough energy to do all that could be done. I h...

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I do not know how this little finch has made it thus far. He wasn't able to crack any of the sunflower seeds, that I could see. I am very sad for the difficulties that a little creature of this n...

http://birddreams.blogspot.com/2010/06/house-finch-overcoming-handicap.html

No - it's not a photoshop job... And, no - it's not a gold finch with a sunburn ;)  My daughter is convinced that there are hybrid birds, but, it's not a hybrid. It is a Western Tanager ...

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I had never noticed this little bird prior to my walk the other day. It is the Savannah Sparrow and there seems to be quite a few around my neighborhood. They are quite friendly, as...

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I was in the park on Thursday taking  pictures of flowers and raindrops. When I was about as close as I could get to the center of a rhododendren blossom, this bee flew in and "joined me."  ...

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Friday evening, after seeing the Red-breasted Grosbeak and the Spotted Towhee, my attention was taken to the cedars alongside the garage. The whispy squeek of chickadees was constant - it sounde...

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This photo is really poor and probably shouldn't be posted at all. When I ran to get my camera, I found the short lens was mounted on it. So, it was either change the lens and lose the shot ,o...

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Yesterday, at the park, I was changing my lens after taking some close shots of a bumble bee having a grand time in a rhododedron blossom ( I will post them at a later date). I had been using t...

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Today at the park, I saw a little bird I had never seen before. A Bushtit - very tiny - not easy to spot. And I collected photos of raindrops :) (Canon Rebel Xsi, 250mm, cropped - 06-0...

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I raced out feeling like I, too, could leap like a doe. I saw one pass my kitchen window - could hardly believe it! They hardly ever come to my yard. They realized they were stuck. Jum...

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We've had a lot of rain - last week, weekend, and looks like all this next week.  Last evening, just before sunset,  the clouds, still pouring rain on us, pulled away from the horizon �...

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I was glancing out my window and saw this valiant little finch. Its leg is stiff - unusable. I was amazed that it has thrived - looks healthy and can perch with one leg! But, amazing still.....

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Remember the Sparrow couple I posted on May 7th? Well, they must have liked the house because now...  ...this mother sparrow is back and forth carrying flying insects, two at a time! ...

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This is one of the little house finches that was happy to be back at the feeders this evening. It seemed like he was heaving a sigh of relief when he arrived! Poor thing! And this han...

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A quick update on the Grackles - Jayne suggested putting out safflower seed, so I went to Walmart and picked up a bag. I also got a new tube feeder that is a better quality than the ones I used ...

http://birddreams.blogspot.com/2010/05/birds-and-wasp.html

My son works for landscape company and yesterday he brought home a hummingbird's nest. The owner of the property wanted his trees trimmed. When the crew went to the job a while ago, they found...

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This spring, I've seen dove-like birds a couple of miles from my house, when I've been taking my daughter to school. It is common to see pigeons here, but not doves and certainly not in my yar...

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Seemed like she was on one of her first outings after the long winter. The sun was warming and waking up all living things it touched - including me!  I was out taking photos of blossoms when I...

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