Greensboro Birds

I know, what a lame headline, but what else can I say when the berry crop is this bountiful? Birds are more into the berries than the feeders these days, which is great, considering the rising price of birdseed. We have lots of hollies on our property, and most are covered in red berries. Last [...]

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Our property is home to several breeding pairs of northern mockingbirds (as well as many of their cousins, the brown thrashers and gray catbirds). They’ve all become pretty bold around both us and the dogs, strutting through the yard, flashing their wings the whole time. The juveniles wing-flash as much if not more than the [...]

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At our birdbath, the brown thrasher is king. First thing in the morning till just before sundown, you’re sure to spot a thrasher jumping into this shallow metal pan and splashing vigorously. (There’s an alluring solar fountain just off-camera to the left.) Any bird that dares enter its domain is immediately rejected, like this female [...]

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A robin has been sitting on a clutch of eggs high atop a broken maple that had sprouted new branches in a perfect nest-holding configuration. Unfortunately for the robin, black rat snakes are fantastic tree climbers, and this one easily found its way into her nest yesterday afternoon. What a scene it was!

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The folks at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, home of our favorite birding resources and citizen science projects, are working on a big redesign of its online presence and are asking for input from us birders. Check out Cornell’s new blog and offer up your suggestions. For some time I’d been hoping Cornell would create a [...]

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