Greensboro Birds

Today was a Day of Recovery, as well as Finish the Manuscript Day. Josh’s folks were in town for a whirlwind tour of the northern Piedmont, and I’m pretty wiped out from all that barbecue and rib eating. (I also have a high RDA of downtime, which makes any sort of nonstop activity involving more [...]

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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 [...]

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This is the very active Eastern Phoebe in our yard. It spends a lot of time on this branch, then swoops down into the grass or near the brush pile to nab a bug, then returns to this branch.

This is the Gray Squirrel that quickly learned to climb my feeder pole. The next morning, the [...]

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There’s a small flock of Common Grackles living in the trees next door. I enjoy their otherworldly chatter and gregarious nature, not to mention their oil-slick coloring. This one has been spending the morning gathering up huge beakfuls of grass from the lawn. It grabs such giant tufts that it can barely see where it’s [...]

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