Well, it took more drama than it needed, but I made it to Cape May. This morning was just a series of little trip ups that suddenly turn what is normally routine travel plans into enormous amounts of stress. First, we went to the wrong terminal to catch my flight and I ended up getting [ Read More ]
I found this news report while looking over at Hawk Owl’s Nest of the rescue of a passage red-tailed stuck in a park bench. The accompanying video is awesome, a must watch.
I got a call from Lorraine this morning. She reported that she saw a saw-whet owl in Mr. Neil’s yard flying around the bird feeding station–perhaps it is the same saw-whet we found a couple of weeks ago. I wish I could have gone out to look for it, but I have to pack for [ Read More ]
A couple of weeks ago when it was warmer, a large group of wasps/hornets were converging on the side of Mr. Neil’s house. There was more than one species and I’m not up on all of them, but it was kind of scary to watch. Leaf cutter bees and mason bees will sometimes use gaps [ Read More ]
Earlier this month, I mentioned the influx of purple finches in Mr. Neil’s yard. While we were there over this past weekend, there were still some purple finches about, but nearly as many as that day. Perhaps some of the flock has headed further south? However, a flock of pine siskins moved in on Sunday [ Read More ]
This past weekend, we started closing the beehives for the winter. I’ve been kind of dreading this–no more beekeeping fun once a week! I didn’t even want to blog over the weekend, I just wanted to pretend I didn’t have to close up my beekeeping fun. I noticed an interesting change in my beekeeping ability [ Read More ]
Sorry about the lack of posts. I have been avoiding the blog because I’m avoiding anything remotely related to the bees. I had to close them up this weekend. But in the meantime, we did have an encounter with a brown creeper this morning. We’re not sure if this bird hit the window and was [ Read More ]
WARNING! This is a post about an injured peregrine falcon we met earlier this month. This post covers some of her recovery. Some photos might be a tad gross for those who may be eating or have a problem with needles. Just an FYI. Alana Shrubsole-Cockwill, the vet overseeing the injured peregrine falcon I’ve been [ Read More ]
Okay, this is an on hold post–I just got a call from The Raptor Center, they are going to do a check up on the injured peregrine falcon and said that I can come and watch. But, before I go, I got a story from my buddy Amber: Disregarding a plea from his own Fish [ Read More ]
“Yes, that’s it, rub my ears.” “Hey, wait! Who said you were finished? Don’t pull that hand away!” (butts head urgently against my retreating hand) “That’s better, keep rubbing my ears. I almost approve of you.”
