http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/bird-watching-blog.html The Bird Watching Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the wild-bird-watching.com Web site. Subscribe now! en-us bird watching Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:37:10 GMT Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:37:10 GMT wild-bird-watching.com http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/what-an-experience-having-200-hummingbirds.html Last year I wrote you all about my experience with these beautiful birds. I said at that time I had over 100 Hummingbirds around and I wasn't exaggerating. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:36:14 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/my-hummer-buddies.html I feel like a kid waiting on Santa Claus in the springtime. When the first hummingbirds show up it's like getting up on Christmas morning. I'm always excited! Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:02:58 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/blessings-of-the-night.html Two years ago we were coming home in our Chevrolet pickup when a Barred Owl flew down in front of the truck. My husband pulled over and I grasped him Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:01:15 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/new-life.html I was surprised to see the first doves nesting outside my front door. Some days they could both be seen by the nest and others only 1 dove was in the nest. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:13:04 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/carey-and-the-pigs.html I was in the process of moving 5 years ago from another town. I am a retired rescuer and care for 11 rescued potbellied pigs. I had to have a shelter Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:09:34 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/flower-pot-dove-and-babies.html I had put a plant out on the balcony of my 3rd story apartment back in the winter. This past weekend, I noticed a bird sitting in it. I went online to Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:02:12 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/swifty-and-swiftette.html I thought I might share the experience I had with Swifty and Swiftette. I was running after a Spring Azure butterfly, trying to catch it. As I followed Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:43:22 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/bees-invading-feeders-ideas.html Taking pictures of Hummingbirds, (and other feathered friends) is a passion of mine. But every year about this time the bees finally start to take over Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:37:26 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/hummingbird-enjoys-a-cool-sip.html It has been quite hot here in Ohio these past few weeks and I have been noticing more hummingbirds visiting in the evenings. The last time I mixed up Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:09:18 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-at-the-front-door.html About the third week of this July we noticed some twigs just outside our front door. We have some grape vines twisted and hanging over our front door Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:43:21 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-in-hanging-plant4.html My brother and sister in law live in a nice house with a small size back yard full of fruit trees and shrubberies in a quiet neighborhood in Sacramento. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:40:58 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/wren-nesting-in-flower-pot1.html I discovered a wren nest in our hanging flower pot with the flowers in full bloom. When my wife came too close to the hanging pot the little wren would Sun, 08 Aug 2010 12:17:27 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/bakers-rack-delight.html Much to my delight one beautiful sunny morning here in the Houston area I got quite a scare as I was watering my plants on the back patio. As I neared Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:28:17 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/light-fixture-robins-nest.html I had two robins' nests on my house this year. One was in the front (facing south) on top of my drainpipe, and the other was on top of a light fixture Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:26:27 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/my-sweet-potato-vine-plant-doves.html I was doing my usual watering and noticed a loosely woven nest with 2 eggs in my container on the back deck. This is a first for me, of which, I now know Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:05:18 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/broken-nest-rebuilt.html We recently found a mourning dove nest shattered on the ground inside our patio. It was obvious that the nest had fallen from a precarious position on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:45:05 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/birddog-66.html Howdy! I'm from north Texas and I have a little bird story for yall! I notice the nest about three weeks ago in a little round tin planter on my patio Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:59:40 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/deck-scrap-birdhouse.html I had a deck built this year and decided to make something from the leftover pieces. The 4x4 sleeves for the railing posts are the perfect size for a Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:55:30 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/two-sw-ga-baby-birds.html One Sunday morning around 10:30am, we found two very small wild birds in the bushes in our backyard. The birds couldn't have been more than two or three Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:21:00 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/cable-tv-internet-interference-discovery-of-nest.html The nest has babies in it and we have not seen the mother. We have had roofers working on our house for a week and I'm afraid they scared the mother bird Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:12:51 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/robins-on-my-porch-2010.html I was so excited to have these birds with me this summer! I've enjoyed watching daily! The mama bird sat with her eggs every day and night. She Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:10:22 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-in-my-petunias.html Almost 2 weeks ago, my husband and I were out watering our plants. HE walked over to the porch and started to water the hanging baskets, when he got the Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:03:31 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/dove-squabs-have-hatched.html This morning as I was peering out the kitchen window I noticed my resident dove on the brim of the hanging basket with a shell in her beak. I quickly Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:10:36 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/hewey-dewey-and-louie.html Here's my story. I am out cutting the grass, well, I was using a whipper-snipper, a Stihl FS-38, and I cut through the grasses that were protruding from Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:18:43 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/first-time-landlord.html My father and I put up 12 plastic gourds four years ago on our farm hoping to attract purple martins. Several Amish families nearby have huge colonies Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:59:49 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/my-hand-painted-gourds.html Over the past few years I have found solace and peace painting gourd birdhouses. Every birdhouse is different just as the gourd since it is grown by nature. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:39:36 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/a-new-friend.html Last Monday as I came home from work, I was surprised by a dove that flew close by and landed in the garage. As I walked around the car this dove stuck Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:27:46 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/moss-lined-nest-and-mite-problems.html I put out 6 bluebird boxes over about 10 acres. I couldn't monitor all the boxes but bluebirds seemed to take one box that had uniform grasses in it. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:00:21 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/wrens-in-laundry-room.html I just moved into a new home in west Tennessee. It's an older house, with lots of nooks and crannies. Previous occupants carved a laundry room out of Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:45:58 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/can-somebody-id-this-bird-for-me-please.html I am far from being an 'expert' when it comes to birds. I do enjoy watching them. Recently a bird I am not familiar with has decided to take up residence Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:42:31 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/crooked-birdhouse.html We make these birdhouses and sell them at fairs and town events all over NJ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:44:12 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/palm-tree-baby.html One night, at about 11PM, I found a very small baby bird in my driveway below my 20 ft. tall palm tree. It obviously fell out of the nest. Wanting to Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:18:35 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/firsttime-dove-watcher.html Hello everyone! I've been following a pair of Mourning Doves who nested in the tree in my front yard, since early June. I've been watching the parents Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:08:39 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/the-crow.html While working in the yard one day I noticed a crow sitting on our fence post weakly calling. Since it was such a large bird I, at first, thought it was Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:42:24 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-nest-in-hanging-plants.html This is the third season that the mourning doves have mated and raised a brood on our front porch. Now we know that our hanging flowers will be covered Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:55:52 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/gambels-quail-babies-everywhere.html This year we have seen more Quail babies than ever before! And Quail pairs having larger numbers in their clutches than I've ever seen before! They are Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:54:55 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/baby-dove-on-apartment-balcony.html About three weeks ago I discovered a young mourning dove on my balcony. For the first couple of weeks the parents would come and feed him. When I would Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:36:47 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/broken-home.html I have a wren who nested in an ornamental beehive lawn ornament. Both the mother and father were very busy building the nest and feeding the babies. Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:29:19 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/disappearing-doves.html We've had nests under our deck for years. Usually they're occupied by robins but this year we had new neighbors - doves. My wife and I became quite attached Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:32:34 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/pet-mourning-dove.html About a year ago we had a really bad storm and it pulled one of our trees right out of the ground. The next morning we were outside looking at the damage Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:31:57 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/dove-transom-condo.html Our front porch includes a transom window above our front door. There are holes in the screening and for many years sparrows have nested inside. A dear Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:28:57 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/rehabbing-buster-a-crippled-fledgling-cedar-waxwing.html My daughter works at a busy canoe livery where they found a young Cedar Waxwing July 3. A fledgling, he was on the ground in distress with a crippled, Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:25:27 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/wren-nest-webcam-update.html And then there were three eggs. The female has laid one egg a day over the past three days. Based on their nesting habits we can expect a couple more Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:21:59 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/nest-by-our-window.html One afternoon, my wife and I noticed a large batch of moss that had been dropped on our driveway. Looking up, we noticed that there was Moss hanging from Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:31:07 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/wren-siblings-on-flight-day.html I wanted to share this photo of two of the wren siblings, that I shared in my previous story. I love this photo, because it shows how tentative this baby Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:57:01 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/wren-babies-take-first-flight.html June 26, 2010 was a blessed day for the wren family and me, their protector and friend! It began when I heard them outside calling loudly, and what seemed Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:11:49 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/delphotobug.html I enjoy my yard in Newark, Delaware more than most people take the time to do. With camera in hand where-ever I go, I got a beautiful array of nature Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:53:07 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-in-my-flower-pot.html Went out one morning to water my plants. I live on the 3rd floor of a condo. My plants are in flower boxes all along the balcony. I nearly jumped out Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:34:33 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/palm-tree-doves.html I work in an office building in Mesa, AZ. It is a new building that was built a little over 2 years ago. There are palm trees along the outside of the Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:30:40 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/baby-birds-fall-out-of-vent-into-house-plant.html I heard some birds in my 'attic' chirping last night. Then all of a sudden I noticed 3 tiny baby birds in a house plant in the middle of kitchen. I can Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:28:27 GMT