If You Build It, They Will Come

This tiny bird had a beak full of nest materials at the Japanese Tea Gardens in San Francisco. On Today’s Date in the Past: Less than 24 Hours in Lexington… Keep Out

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One Thing, Three Ways: Where You Least Expect It…

Last year I looked high and low, near and far, to find a bird’s nest with eggs.  As luck would have it, after all of my efforts, I discovered a nest right under my nose in the tree in my front yard. History repeated itself this year, only this time the nest I found was […]

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Squirrel Spikes in the Snow

Last spring, the blue eggs in the nest in our front tree mysteriously disappeared one-by-one.  Finn over at The Naturephile suggested that squirrels might be stealing the eggs.  Considering that all of the bird houses along the trails and in the parks around here have spikes like these to keep squirrels away, I think he’s right. […]

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My Own Work, from A to Z: Letter E

As a friend recently asked, “What is it about December that brings out the ‘year in review recaps’ and ‘predictions’ in all of us?”  I don’t know the answer, but I do feel myself being sucked in.  Because the “A to Z” series I incorporated into my 365+1 photo blogging project has been so well received, I thought I’d […]

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Turtle Dove in a Palm Tree Nest

While I was denied the chance to watch the eggs hatch in the tree in our front yard, here at my sister’s house in Phoenix, a pair of turtle doves has a perpetual nest of eggs in one of the palm trees in their back yard.  You might also know the bird as a mourning dove, […]

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