An egg was laid last night. Got to see it this morning.
Bruce Chandler said:I didn't realize you had that ability? ;)
An egg was laid last night. Got to see it this morning.
They occasionally leave it unattended. Got this screen shot:
(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Birds/Egg.JPG)
Shortly there after one came back to sit on it.
You sure that not a misdirected golf ball?..
Bruce Chandler said:
They occasionally leave it unattended. Got this screen shot:(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Birds/Egg.JPG)
Shortly there after one came back to sit on it.
Congrats Rooster is it a boy or girl? You better guard that I like my eggs scrambled.
WoW! With the light snow this AM, my bird feeders are full.
I counted at least 4 pair and one to two male Northern Cardinals with an assortment of Tufted Titmouse, White-Throated Sparrow, Hairy Woodpecker, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker and Dark-eyed Juncos. Later in the day some Crows will show up, a pair of Bluejays, a brave Red-tailed Hawk and a few Doves. The Hawk surprised me. He was withing 16 feet of the back door perched on the deck railing.
Of course the gray squirrels get their fill, sometimes a whole basketball team’s worth will show up at once. I started getting a corn mix for them to supplement the Black Sunflower seed.
Birds are migrating back/through Nebraska. Sandhill Cranes, Robins and geese have been here for a couple of weeks. BIG flock of Redwing Blackbirds were in my yard this morning. They come every year, then break up and scatter out after a week or so. We’ve had about 100 or Golden Finches in the backyard all winter, eating out of our feeders. Few Juncos also.
One chick has hatched here: http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html Makes for some interesting watching. Food gets delivered every 2-3 hours.
Interesting. They bring up a fish every so often and feed the chick.
Saw a few Red Tailed Hawks circling on Saturday looking for a thermal - and Sunday was noisy with songbirds. Spring is close 
If it’s Norfolk Botanical…my wife keeps their webcam open on screen all day long…looks like a “bobble-head” to my untrained eye.
We have a juvenile eagle circling our property, eying our chickens, but so far, he hasn’t attacked. I guess there are just too many trees for him to get a straight shot. He will sit in the same tree, trying to figure out his attack, but the chickens just go under cover at the first sign of trouble.
Curmudgeon, would you know a “bobble-head” if it bit you on the >>>>? And yes it could be a Raptor of some kind, look at the beak.
Paul
EPA, that’s what the eagle-a-holics call the baby eagles that can’t hold their heads up…“bobble-heads”. Ask my wife next ops session.
I thought he said Bubblehead… 
Many of the birds have migrated back here, gets pretty noisy outside at times. Fun to have them back, and the good weather. Windy as heck though.
Yesterday, we visited the bird banding station at Occoquan Wildlife Refuge and got to see a lot of birds close up. While we were there, they brought in a Common Yellowthroat, an Indigo Bunting, a Northern Waterthrush, a Brown Thrasher, a White Eyed Vireo, and a Catbird. Here’s a shot of Jean releasing a catbird [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/42033932[/vimeo] A brown thrasher - weighing in at about 3 ounces:
(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Birds/IMG_0451.JPG)
A white eyed Vireo
(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Birds/IMG_0456.JPG)
(http://www.jbrr.com/Pics/Birds/IMG_0458.JPG)
Also took this shot of a baby Titmouse along the trail. Too bad I couldn’t get a clearer view.
Here you go, Bruce. Got to have the www or it won’t embed
Ralph
Thanks Ralph!