Red-winged Blackbird Migration has begun around these parts in Kentucky. It has just been in the last week or two that I started to notice more of them coming around and making themselves heard throughout the day. I never mind them as they are such a beautiful blackbird. We always have a few that hang […]
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Why Do Woodpeckers Peck Houses?
Have you ever been awaken by a woodpecker drumming on your outside gutters, your house siding, or even your satellite dish? Some woodpeckers can be pretty annoying in the early morning hours. And…the damage they can make! In one of my previous posts I mentioned how one particular Northern Flicker did quite […]
Sax-Zim Bog Birding
Well we did it! We found the Great Grey Owl while birding at Sax-Zim Bog in Minnesota last weekend! With a little help from the Sax-Zim Bog Facebook group where people commented about their sitings, we were able to spot this guy (video above) hunting for breakfast at 7:15 AM last Saturday morning. By […]
Largest Owl North America
My husband Jeff and I are going on an adventure to the Sax-Zim Bog which is about fifty miles north west of Duluth, Minnesota. We will be traveling with my sister and brother- in- law. Our goal is to see the largest owl in North America…the Great Grey Owl. Sax-Zim Bog is […]
Northern Flicker Woodpecker
One of the more interesting woodpeckers in my book is the Northern Flicker…aka Yellow-shafted Flicker. It was once called the Yellow-shafted but a few years ago the name was changed to Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted form). There is also a red-shafted form of the Northern Flicker woodpecker found out west. They were two separate species […]
Red-headed Woodpeckers North America
Red-headed Woodpecker It is a striking woodpecker with its flashy red head and neck, bright white belly and black-white-black wings. When in flight that red, black, and white look so bold and brilliant against the landscape. What a beautiful bird that Red-headed Woodpecker is. When someone who I know really doesn’t know […]
Attract Pileated Woodpeckers
Everyone loves to see this woodpecker. You cannot miss its striking red head with black and white streaked face and black body! Standing at 16 to 19 inches and with a wing span of 26 to 30 inches you will definitely know it is the Pileated Woodpecker. Mostly you will […]
Peregrine Falcon Speed
My sister sees one all of the time from her high rise window at work in the downtown area. The Peregrine Falcon has a hankering for pigeons and she will see them swoosh past her window going for its intended meal. This bird can capture a bird in mid air at speeds of up to […]
How to get rid of Starlings
There is only one positive thing that I can say about European Starlings and that is they are kind of pretty. They have black wings with an irridescent bluish green on their feathers with hints of purple around their neck area. Add some dots of white to this stocky bird and you have a nice […]