Greensboro Birds

Where are the migrants? I must sleep too late for the warblers, because surely they’re out there, but I’m just not seeing them. And I’ve had the hummingbird feeder up for a few weeks now, ever since people started reported them on the Carolinas Birding List, but no luck. David at Leave Me Alone, I’m [...]

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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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House wrens are dueling outside the window this morning. I can hear their trilly, buzzy song from all sides of the house. I can also hear the first wood thrush of the year working out its double syrinx in the woods right now. Last night, the woods on either side of the house were noisy [...]

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The other day I told you about the Eastern Bluebirds in a nesting box near the dog run. Well, it looks like they’ve sublet the place to a pair of House Wrens.

Competition for nesting space is as fierce as finding a rent-stabilized apartment in New York. These guys must have paid off the super and [...]

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