Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Baltimore orioles
A guy at work (whose uncle edited this most excellent and highly-recommended book) says it's time for Baltimore Orioles in central Illinois. Ready the grape jelly and orange slices!
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
First bird sound!
21-month-old Monica made her first bird sound today - an eerily clear rendition of a Canada Goose in flight.
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Saturday, January 22, 2005
Today's birds
Three new birds this afternoon! One winter wren; one male house finch who landed on the water pipe feeding the pond then headed over to the thistle-filled tube feeder; and about a dozen or so elegant little dark-eyed juncos (the slate-colored variety) gathering fallen seed on the ground. When the juncos are in flight they're small black birds outlined in white.
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Saturday, January 15, 2005
Today's birds
The kids and I bought some high-quality bird seed a few days ago and it seems to have been a good investment. Today's birds include a red-bellied woodpecker, a male and female pair of Northern cardinals, two blue jays and the usual motley assortment of sparrows and starlings. We were also surprised to see a lone American robin; most of them have moved south for the winter.
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Thursday, December 23, 2004
Migrants?
Two firsts yesterday! 7-year-old Christopher, the birder, spotted a yellow-bellied sapsucker (a sort of woodpecker) on the ground near the birdbath that's fed by the sump pump - lots of fresh liquid water in this Arctic Hell is good for attracting birds. Later in the morning I saw a small elegant bird landing for water and tried to fix the details in my memory, then dashed upstairs to tell Christopher. He took a look out his window: "A white-breasted nuthatch!"
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