Entries Tagged as 'Mourning Dove'
Mourning Dove Rescue
May 19th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Josh noted some time ago that mourning doves are not the sharpest tools in the shed. Yesterday, we learned that they also aren’t the brightest birds in the coop after this one found itself hopelessly trapped in ours—despite the presence of the great big chicken door it went through in the first place. When I [...]
Tags: Mourning Dove
Scenes from Saturday
November 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment
We had a reasonably hard frost this morning, and the birds were out in force. The crow trio showed up like clockwork to pick at the corncobs on the hill. I don’t think they’re even that into the corn per se; I think they just really enjoy the process of picking off the kernels.
I nearly [...]
Tags: American Crows · American Goldfinch · Common Grackle · European Starling · Mourning Dove · Pine Siskin
Where’s the checkbox for deer on Project FeederWatch?
November 18th, 2007 · Comments Off
This is what greeted me from outside my office window early this morning: the female white-tail deer and her two young charges that use our yard and (soon-to-be-our) woods as a thoroughfare. Our friend Ben gave us a persimmon-flavored deer lick as a housewarming gift, which is affixed to a pine at the property perimeter. [...]
Tags: American Goldfinch · Dark-eyed Junco · Mourning Dove · Project FeederWatch · White-breasted Nuthatch · White-tail Deer · White-throated Sparrow







