The Dark-eyed juncos are back! On saturday morning, I saw 2 flickers so I went outside and started watching them with my binoculars. Then they flew to the neighbors yard so I walked over to the fence to get as close to them as I could. when I got over to the fence I saw a little gray and white bird in a tree so I focused my binoculars on it and saw that it was a junco. Here is some information on Dark-eyed juncos:
http://www.birding.com/topbirds/8888jnco.asp
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
project feederwatch...
Project feederwatch starts in two weeks! I can't believe almost a whole year has gone by already! So if you are going to sign up, better do it soon. (by the way you can sign up late). I did it last year and it was lots of fun. (actually I didnt sign up until January and didnt get my stuff until Febuary so it was really this year. It starts November first). They also have lots of neat stuff like pictures from previous feederwatch seasons on their website. Also there are several bird counts coming up soon such as the christmas bird count,great backyard bird count and the delaware bird-a-thon (if you live in Delaware or are in Delaware then).
-the birdman-
-the birdman-
Monday, October 12, 2009
Dogs Dogs Dogs...
Or maybe I should cut the title down to two dogs, meet our new puppy Bentley! She is a mixed breed with a basset hound and a Swiss entlebucher mountain dog. the picture at the top of that link does'nt look exactly like her (she has freckles) but it does look similar to her. Here is a picture of her...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
our trip to North Carolina...
Day 1: A warm welcome (by bees)
In our family, when we turn ten, we get to pick a trip. Since I turned ten this year I decided to go to Cape May and spend the day birding. A few days after I had decided to go to Cape May, I changed my mind. I thought going to go visit the Tribe was a better idea. On Friday (the 14Th) we were finally on our way. At about 7 pm (and 8 hours later), we pulled into their driveway and started playing in the front yard. A few minutes later, we hear Aaron screaming "I have a bee on me". Our wonderful mutt a.k.a. Rafferty had stepped into a ground bees nest :(. A minute later Rock gets stung on his neck (and also three times on his knee although he didn't notice it then. sigh). Then Parker starts screaming, (ugh)a bee had stung him on the shoulder (through his shirt!). Mommy ended up being stung by the bee on Aaron as she tried to get it off of him. Thankfully, at this point we went in the house so me and Mag escaped being stung. The daddies then rushed to the store for wonderful benedryl cream (and of course some wasp and bee killer spray).
day 2: The bird park
The next day, (Saturday) we went to sylvan heights waterfowl park they had lots of neat birds there such as Golden pheasants,Mountain quail,Common eiders and even Trumpeter swans! we had a very good time there and hopefully we will go again next time we go to North Carolina. We spent the rest of Saturday playing and just having a good time together.
day 3: Church and goodbye
on Sunday, we had church and sang some songs such as "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" and "In the garden". After that, we went outside for a little bit while mommy packed up. Then came in to get ready after we had done our goodbyes, we had an emergency (at least, it was a little bit of an emergency for Parker) green white (Parker's webkinz frog) was missing. We searched the whole house for him, especially the room we were staying in and I finally found him under the couch and brought him back to Parker. (to bad it didn't take longer to find him so we could have stayed longer.)
We had a great, but short visit and I really hope we can see the Tribe again soon!
-the birdman-
In our family, when we turn ten, we get to pick a trip. Since I turned ten this year I decided to go to Cape May and spend the day birding. A few days after I had decided to go to Cape May, I changed my mind. I thought going to go visit the Tribe was a better idea. On Friday (the 14Th) we were finally on our way. At about 7 pm (and 8 hours later), we pulled into their driveway and started playing in the front yard. A few minutes later, we hear Aaron screaming "I have a bee on me". Our wonderful mutt a.k.a. Rafferty had stepped into a ground bees nest :(. A minute later Rock gets stung on his neck (and also three times on his knee although he didn't notice it then. sigh). Then Parker starts screaming, (ugh)a bee had stung him on the shoulder (through his shirt!). Mommy ended up being stung by the bee on Aaron as she tried to get it off of him. Thankfully, at this point we went in the house so me and Mag escaped being stung. The daddies then rushed to the store for wonderful benedryl cream (and of course some wasp and bee killer spray).
day 2: The bird park
The next day, (Saturday) we went to sylvan heights waterfowl park they had lots of neat birds there such as Golden pheasants,Mountain quail,Common eiders and even Trumpeter swans! we had a very good time there and hopefully we will go again next time we go to North Carolina. We spent the rest of Saturday playing and just having a good time together.
day 3: Church and goodbye
on Sunday, we had church and sang some songs such as "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" and "In the garden". After that, we went outside for a little bit while mommy packed up. Then came in to get ready after we had done our goodbyes, we had an emergency (at least, it was a little bit of an emergency for Parker) green white (Parker's webkinz frog) was missing. We searched the whole house for him, especially the room we were staying in and I finally found him under the couch and brought him back to Parker. (to bad it didn't take longer to find him so we could have stayed longer.)
We had a great, but short visit and I really hope we can see the Tribe again soon!
-the birdman-
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