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The Feeder Cam Delivers: A Grosbeak Story
I’ve been an active backyard/neighborhood birder since 2024. Over the past couple of summers, I’ve often heard the Black-headed Grosbeak’s song but could never catch a close-up view of this striking bird. This summer was different. I received a bird feeder camera for my birthday. It’s so cool to be able to check my phone…
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June is almost gone?
How time flies—fitting for this past month. Maybe it’s the sunshine, warmer weather, and longer days that make time seem to move slowly and quickly at once. Long, slow days of reading on the porch, jolted by the sharp contrast of tomorrow being July 1. June’s backyard birding highlights have been the hummingbirds, a Western…
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Hummingbirds
I recently put a hummingbird feeder in our garden, and I’m really glad I did. It’s been such a joy to watch them up close. At first, the sound of them flying in surprised me; I thought a huge wasp was coming. But after a while, I got used to their loud buzzing, and I…
Bernie Sees A Bird 