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 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:23:08 GMT Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:23:08 GMT wild-bird-watching.com http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/wren-in-husband-boot.html This is the first time we have encountered this pretty little bird. We were shocked to find this bird flying around in our garage and finally saw her Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:23:05 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/my-little-squirt.html Isn't it funny how life goes, just when you think things in your life are just hum drum, and you take your life for granted. And especially the spirit Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:10:03 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/Bird-News.html Keep up to date on Bird News, Read New Bird Articles Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:23:55 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/beautiful-bird-id-please.html This bird has been coming regularly to my garden (Britanny, west of France) for a couple of weeks. I have never seen anything like it before and it looks Sun, 06 Nov 2011 01:48:41 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/king-parrot-eating-in-the-rain.html Caught this beautiful King Parrot last weekend during a very wet period. He was obviously hungry and wanting to eat! They are regular visitors to Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:16:52 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-on-carport.html A few months ago, I hired a local pest control company to screen in the corner eaves of my house because honestly, birds were becoming a nuisance. (I just Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:25:01 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/hummingbird-id.html The photos are of a hummingbird visiting bean blossoms in our garden in McAllen, TX recently. Hoping someone can identify for me. The white-tipped tail Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:14:04 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/hawk-id.html This hawk was in my front yard. It was on the chase for a squirrel hiding in my flowers. Can anyone tell me what kind of hawk this is? Also if you Tue, 20 Sep 2011 01:52:01 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/its-just-a-rotten-egg.html On Wednesday, August 31, 2011, my grand daughter, Annastasia, found an egg in the grass in her neighborhood. The next morning her mother dropped her off Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:04:51 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/barn-birdhouse.html This is my second birdhouse, I made this one out of barnwood that I'm sure is very old. But that's what I like about it. the more rustic, the better. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:54:00 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/brown-bird.html I found this bird in my backyard it looks lost. It won't fly far, and it keeps walking around. It's a brown bird with a black beak, white streek from the Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:46:46 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mourning-dove-in-my-hosta-garden.html I have been noticing this one mourning dove hanging around my house a lot recently. Then I found that it is staying in my Hosta garden right off my front Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:18:43 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/out-in-the-country-birdhouse.html I had this desire to have a birdhouse in my yard, but I didn't want just an ordinary birdhouse. I didn't go out and buy one because sometimes you pay Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:17:26 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/dove-nesting-during-hurricane-irene.html We have a nesting dove with one hatched egg and one soon to be hatched. She was in our railing box for 2 weeks, however, hurricane Irene was hitting tonight, Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:19:36 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/hawk-or-falcon.html Didn't see it flying. Was about 20 feet from me as I walked out of my door. He sat there as I went back in to get a camera and took a number of photos, Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:29:41 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/update-to-doves-nest-in-hanging-plant-on-deck.html Since the first picture of my Anticipated Guest, another egg was laid. I've been following the doves' story every day. Momma and Papa continue to allow Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:12:25 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/waiting-for-supper.html These little tree swallows were hungry and looking for mom and dad. The two adults were busily bringing them each, tidbits to eat. Sat, 20 Aug 2011 19:23:54 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/help-i-cant-identify-this-bird.html I live in the Kansas City, MO area and have a couple of bird feeders in my backyard. I frequently have mourning dove, house finches, house sparrows, Carolina Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:01:24 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/help-id-a-bird.html This bird was seen in Trumbull Co.,Ohio.(northeast)behind a Mc Donald's parking lot, right in town!!!!Seemed to be used to humans n lots of activity!! Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:20:59 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mourning-dove-nest-in-my-hanging-petunia.html Last month I had a Morning Dove decide to nest in my hanging petunia on my back deck. I didn’t want her there restricting my deck usage, so I removed Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:17:49 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/our-new-adopted-family.html Several weeks ago, my family and I were in our backyard grilling some hamburgers, when a bird suddenly flew out from under the porch. We had no idea that Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:15:25 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mourning-dove-nesting-in-our-front-tree.html For the past few months, Mourning Doves have been cooing away, and fluttering around, and I being an animal lover, would respond in kind, by imitating Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:47:55 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/ricardo-the-wounded-dove.html One morning I went out to refill my Goldfinch feeders. I glanced down and realized that I almost stepped on a scrawny, tan bird. I looked closely and Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:54:44 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mysterious-visitor-to-our-backyard-feeding-ground-in-california-central-valley.html We currently have 4 feeders in our backyard. Each feeder with different types of seed to increase the varieties of birds who visit on a daily basis. We Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:26:19 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-nest-in-hanging-plant-on-deck.html Imagine my surprise when I started to water my hanging plant and a dove flew out! When first hanging the pot, I'd dropped it from the second floor and Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:35:20 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/baby-is-born-and-doing-well.html The Mourning Dove in my carport has had her baby. He/she's growing a little each day and pokes his head up for a photo op! Seems like he's left alone for Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:01:59 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mourning-doves-feel-at-home.html Mourning Birds Feel At Home Mama and Daddy Dark Eyes moved into a planter hanging over my balcony. I went to water my plants one evening and a bird startled Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:01:15 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/finches-like-flowers-best.html I have noticed lately that not as many goldfinches have been visiting my feeders and yesterday I discovered why. I watched a little guy fly up to the Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:09:57 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mourning-dove-in-the-carport.html On 3 occasions, our local Mourning Doves have nested on the top of the concrete post just under the carport roof. This area is protected from prey and Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:08:26 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-in-our-front-porch-planter.html Last year during nesting season we noticed a pair of doves frequenting our front porch planter. When they repeatedly landed there and started bringing Sun, 31 Jul 2011 03:32:16 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/is-it-a-hawkwhat-kind.html I found this lil guy in a tree in my back yard. I'm sure he is a hawk but what kind -he just sits there screeching -I'm thinking he's a baby but I'm not Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:05:10 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/dove-nest.html We kept hearing cooing at our front door May 2011 and then discovered a dove was nesting up in our eves of our roof (first photo). It is actually an overhang/extension Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:31:23 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/our-resident-hummingbird.html My husband Morgan and I live in an Industrial Park which is located in Hazard Kentucky. We are in an area where we have no trees in the area of our home. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 03:02:52 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/my-friend-christopher-robin.html I live in a ground-level condo, with a patio. We are not allowed to feed birds due to the rodent problem that it would cause, but I have had multiple Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:21:32 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/dove-relocation.html We had a storm that took out many trees in town. We were removing what was left of one of ours that was broken and hanging. While cutting the limb down Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:37:47 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/mysterious-nest-raid.html Greetings. We are proud to say we have fledged many, many chicks from our yard over the years, which of course means we have also seen many nests raided Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:36:27 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/help-identify-this-bird.html These two birds appeared first on a power line and then a tree adjacent to the dirt road in front of my home. The colors were not that vibrant, mostly Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:14:02 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-and-chicks-in-hanging-basket.html On May 15 of this year, I had a freak accident and broke my hip. This was inconvenient to say the least, as I am the principle care-taker for my Paraplegic Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:11:42 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/unknown-bird1.html This bird was in my backyard today. It is mostly brown with a gray head. Had red on the back of the head and the black patch on the breast. Under the Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:58:41 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/2nd-nesting-ready-to-leave-nest.html As the title suggest, this was our second nesting this spring, the female is now setting on her third nest this year. There were two babies in this Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:39:26 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/doves-in-chrismas-cookie-can.html About 7 years ago, there were two doves trying to make a nest on in my back yard close by the porch light, but the nest and eggs were blown down by the Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:55:46 GMT http://www.wild-bird-watching.com/pretty-nest-in-hanging-plant.html We have a dove family forming on our front porch in a hanging geranium pot. So far the birds fly off when we open the front door so we're trying to use Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:39:19 GMT