Showing posts with label birds of Indigo Hill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birds of Indigo Hill. Show all posts

Happy Birthday to Julie!

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Happy birthday to the amazing gal we know as Julie Zickefoose! She is known the world over by a variety of names, and by her many wonderful ...

Half-cap the Goldfinch

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Look closely at this bird. Notice anything missing? This is a male American goldfinch in summer/breeding plumage. Bright yellow body, black ...

Spring Observations in Bleak Winter

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I am working from the farm for the next 10 days or so, trying to get some writing done on the next book project. It's a bleak, raw day h...

Waiting for This Sign of Spring

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OK the bleariness of the Ohio winter has settled in upon us and signs of spring, well, there are none! Sigh. There's one specific sign t...

Sit Down and Be Counted!

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Starting tonight at midnight I'll be engaging in the sanity-challenging annual ritual of The Big Sit . If you don't know what the Bi...

Vireotown

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Red-eyed vireo We have three species of vireos that nest on our farm here in southeastern Ohio: red-eyed, white-eyed, and yellow-throated. T...

Listening to the Predawn Morse Code

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Red-eyed vireo. The leaves may still be green, and the insects in full voice. The bluebirds are still feeding nestlings, the meadow is still...

Doughheads

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Blue jay. The birds at our feeders LOVE the homemade suet dough we provide. We feed it to them in moderation, so there's no concern abo...

LBOTY and FBOTY

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My last bird of 2010 was a whinnying eastern screech-owl, calling from the north border of our farm. I heard it at about 10:50 pm on New Yea...

Pileated Nest Part Two

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Check out the swirling feathers of the female pileated woodepcker's crest!. On the afternoon of May 15 I went back out to check on the p...

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