Greensboro Birds

File under: Weird Coincidences.
Before Josh and I (and Lucy the cat) moved to North Carolina, we lived in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on a block of historic brownstones. Between the buildings were these little yards that the owners of said brownstones had access to; lowly tenants were allowed to look but not touch these rare green spaces. [...]

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Not much happening today. It’s cold as heck, I’m waiting on some text, and I don’t feel like tackling such mundane things as laundry. Which means it’s time for random shots from the feeder! I replaced the hanging suet log after the last one was finally knocked to the ground and dragged off by a [...]

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The alternate title to this post is “Where there’s a squirrel, there’s a way.”

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No longer an overly idealistic young pup, I’m not into fighting losing battles. Like squirrels in the feeders. Notice that I say “feeders” and not “birdfeeders.” We get squirrels, possums, deer, cats, Happy, and who knows what else besides birds at our feeders, so I use the general term. Bon appétit.

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Yesterday Josh and I closed on the wooded lot next to ours, preserving another quarter acre of our little town for squirrels, birds, deer, trees, and whatever other nonhuman entity wants to hang out in there. We bought it from a lovely couple who owned it since 1966 and grew vegetables there back in the [...]

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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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I don’t discriminate here at Greensboro Birds. All are welcome, especially if you’re supercute.

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I’ve been extolling the virtues of the Canon S2 IS camera, with its awesome powers of 12x optical/4x digital zoom. Well, birders can’t get enough zoom, so yesterday I received the Raynox DCR-2020Pro 2.2x telephoto lens, giving me an awesome amount of reach. Here are a few practice shots, taken at distances I wouldn’t have [...]

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