Abby

Hi, I'm Abby, Don and Lillian's puppy (and Phoebe's cousin). Here I am at the Memorial Day picnic playing with puppy Blaze. He s...

Orange Treat

We put out oranges and it's amazing how many birds like them. Here's a Red-bellied Woodpecker I photographed in FL, coming to orange...

Wow Bluebirds!

After no nesting bluebirds for several years we have them (yeah!) and are they going to town. Here's the male presenting a tasty morsel ...

Orange treat

Here's the Gray Catbird that's been coming to the oranges we put out. Orioles will often come to oranges and grape jelly, but a less...

Warbler fun

This morning we had a Black-and-white Warbler singing it's "wee-see-wee-see-wee-see" song as it moved through our woods. Then ...

Catbird "meow"

Sorry we were too busy to blog much last week. It's a busy time of year for birding, gardening, etc. plus we are finishing a book. The o...

They're back!

Bobolink, male The Bobolinks are back! Hooray! 2 males arrived last friday and this morning we counted 5 males in our field. We provide a s...

American Goldfinches

American Goldfinches are finally living up to their name. The males are getting their buttery breeding plumage, a welcome change from the dr...

Amalanchier Cloud

Our garden entry Amalancier trees connect house and barn Amalanchier is also called "Shadbush", "Serviceberry" and ...

Migrants

A male Pine Warbler and female Pine Warbler, most likely a mated pair, came down into our apple trees while I was photographing the Indigo B...

Corgi Blooming

Corgis in the daffodils! That's our Abby on the left and Phoebe on the right, and that's our field of daffodils down by the lake we ...