Greensboro Birds

First wood thrush singing in the woods. Heard it early this morning while I let the chickens out into the run. Now it’s officially spring.
First chickadee egg in the nest box (see photo above). Josh discovered it this afternoon, shortly after the chickadee startled me in the midst of a poop walk. (Dog owners will [...]

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In March I showed you a nest cavity getting checked out by a Carolina Chickadee. The tree is alongside a path in Guilford Courthouse NMP (aka Battleground to locals, apparently). I’ve been checking on it for several weeks and thought the Dee had moved on to another hole. I was wrong. About a week ago [...]

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It was hot today. The high temp was reportedly 91 degrees, so I didn’t figure on seeing many birds around lunchtime, but, hooboy, was I wrong. Happy and I were only in the park for a minute or two before I heard tiny peepings from inside a tree. Peeking into a cavity at maybe elbow [...]

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Shortly after seeing the nesting Red-bellies, I encountered this Carolina Chickadee scolding me for walking too close to its nesting cavity. It flew in and out, trying to lure me across the path and away from the tree. This tree is only inches from the edge of the path, so the bird’ll either have to [...]

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This story is making the bird rounds. Apparently nuthatches understand the various alarm calls of chickadees. But what I find more interesting is the bit at the end. There are folks who believe the chickadee is a fair player, perhaps because of its tendency to hang out in mixed company. Not always, according to Cornell’s [...]

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