Greensboro Birds

Gothamist has a post about FlexPetz, a joint in NYC that rents out dogs (yes, real live dogs). The monthly fee for this Netflix-style pet rental? $279.95!!! (And that only gets you a dog for a single day; additional days are $45.) Tito is clearly pretty easygoing about who he hangs out with, having chosen [...]

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Northern flickers are nesting in our woods. In the spindly-pine-culling frenzy of January, we left a couple that have obviously been used by woodpeckers for nesting cavities. One in particular is riddled with large entrances to woodpecker nests. I was hoping for pileateds, but gaudy flickers are just fine.

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Happy and Tito are forming a fast friendship. They’re already posing for CD covers for the hipster band they would form if they had opposable thumbs.

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Josh and I had been talking about maybe getting a second dog. Happy loves to run with other dogs and gets really excited when she hears other dogs playing in a nearby yard. It’s a little pitiful to see her run to the top of the hill, wagging her tail excitedly, and then realizing that [...]

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I like the swirly look of the male goldfinches when they’re in mid-molt, don’t you?

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