Greensboro Birds

We’ve got a mighty wind at Chez Lonesome today. I gave up trying to keep the lids on the feeders, which seems a-okay to these American goldfinches. Climb on in there, birds, be my guest.

The trees outside my office window are popular with yellow-rumped warblers. I do worry, however, that this wind is going to [...]

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For the past two days we’ve been having a fence installed around our backyard. The front and back are attractive wood, and the looooong sides are this black PVC-coated wire. It was tough to get a fencer or landscaper to work with us on this, because they apparently deem wire fencing beneath them and their [...]

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Since Josh and I moved to this little town just outside of Greensboro, he asked if I would keep the name of my website, or would I change it to reflect our new locale? Google Page Rank aside, it didn’t take me long to decide that the name will remain as is. We’re not far [...]

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It’s been quiet here, birdwise, for a while. They’ve been hard at the business of sitting on and hatching eggs, not to mention keeping quiet so predators like crows, hawks, and owls don’t snatch away the young. But it seems that, with the exception of the late-breeding American Goldfinches, we’re seeing the last batch of [...]

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The remains of Tropical Storm Barry brought rain and constant mist to Greensboro yesterday, which was a nice change of pace. Well, for us maybe—this Mockingbird might have a differing opinion. Then again, the birds might like it, too, for all I know. Happy absolutely loves rainy, crappy days—she’s totally energized by rain, sleet, and [...]

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My balcony feeder had a brief lull in activity this April, but suddenly it is action packed from dawn till dusk (and then some). It used to be only the Cardinals that would drop in at sundown, but now the Carolina Chickadees and Tufted Titmice are lingering past dark. The Red-belly Woodpecker is back, and [...]

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Returning from my afternoon bird walk, I encountered this little scene playing out at my feeder. The Northern Mockingbird has decided that my feeder is his feeder—and only his. Whenever he lands on the railing he does that wings-out crouch thing to tell everyone else, “Mine! Back off!” Funny thing, though, these Greensboro birds see [...]

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But not necessarily in that order…

The Northern Mockingbirds are doing their territorial wrassling, swooping at other birds, dogs, and this birdwatcher if we get too close to their turf. They’ve even been visiting my feeder today. Seeing them outside the window is a nice reminder of when Mockingbirds were the most exotic birds we could [...]

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