Archive for the ‘Birds of a Feather’ Category

Birding in Brussels

We live in a very green part of town – little parks with lakes are short walks or tram rides.  Just a couple blocks away is a large park with a lake, bordering a big forest.  I never thought we would be able to go bird watching with daily walks from here, but it was [...]

Muskatatauk Wildlife Reserve

We stopped by the Muskatatauk Wildlife Reserve in Seymour, Indiana for a quick birding break on our drive back to Atlanta last weekend.  It has a few trails you can walk, but we mostly bird by car at it. We had to keep our trip short because a storm was rolling in, but we got [...]

Fun Monday: Bird Show and Tell

I haven’t participated in Fun Monday in a while, but when I saw that Lisa asked for a Bird Show and Tell as one of her options, I had to participate. Thomas and I spotted a few new birds for our yearly bird list while we were in Belgium last month.  These were all shot [...]

Killdeer at the Border

We’re back from our weekend in Raleigh. I’ll post more about it later this week — once I’ve got photos processed, laundry done, and am caught up on sleep — but it was a great trip. I just wanted to share these two photos that I took at the rest stop on the Georgia/South Carolina [...]

Balding Cardinal

This little guy keeps coming back to one of our front feeders. I don’t know if he’s sick and that’s why he’s losing his head feathers, or if he’s just molting. He’s the only cardinal I’ve ever seen do this.