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This Is a Smart Bird

By Carol on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

I’m not sure who’s trained in this video. It’s a young ibis tapping on Crystal’s window. She throws bread out of it several times a day to feed the flock of ibises that show up daily. She has named this one “Knocky-pants“. Turn up your speakers and you can hear it. So is the ibis [...]

My New Bird Feeder

By Carol on Friday, June 25th, 2010 | No Comments

My poor old green feeder finally died. For the past week, it kept falling off the hanger and cracking. All the ground eaters (squirrels, doves, mice) loved that because all the seed dumped onto the ground. So I went to Lowes and bought a new one yesterday afternoon. Then I managed to leave it on [...]

More Baby Birds

By Carol on Thursday, June 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Just because I think they’re so darn cute, I had to put up a few more baby bird pictures. Catching it just right with my camera is tricky. I’ve missed so many good ones especially when my automatic lens just refuses to focus on the right spot. I’m sure glad I didn’t have to feed [...]

I’m Hungry Mother!

By Carol on Monday, June 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments

Between April and June every year, the birds that stay here year round raise their babies… and I go through about a TON of birdseed. They can really suck it down. The babies grow to adult size pretty fast but still demand to be fed – even when they’re sitting on the feeder! I can [...]

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