Greensboro Birds

American Goldfinches and Northern Cardinals are frequent visitors to this beautiful tree. There’s a feeder just behind them that’s popular with the neighborhood Goldfinches.
Now that temperatures are back in the 70s and 80s, the Painted Turtles have emerged from hibernation and are basking on logs again. Our Mute Swans, which have begun nesting, can’t resist [...]

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All birds are worth watching, no matter how many times you’ve seen them.

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Lincoln Green’s ponds are home to a couple mated pairs of Mute Swans. You’ve seen them and, if you’re anything like me, you’ve been intimidated by their mighty size and serious hiss. (Grunts, on the other hand, may be a positive signal.) Though indeed poetic-looking, the pose you see above, with the swan’s neck curved [...]

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