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Category: Birds/Birding

Gizmo, my fave African grey parrot

By Marion Posted on April 5, 2024 Posted in Animal Kingdom, Birds/Birding, Love Tagged with Apollo, Arican grey parrots, Birds, Einstein, Gizmo, Neo, talking birds

Unfortunately, I could never have a grey parrot or any other bird for that matter, because on a scale of 0-5, I ranked a 4+ when I was recently allergy tested. However, that doesn’t preclude me from watching hours of YouTube videos of my favorite bird, Gizmo.

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Chilled Cardinal

By Marion Posted on February 16, 2024 Posted in Birds/Birding, Mare's photos Tagged with avian, birding, Birds, northern cardinal, Wildlife
Chilled Cardinal

 Taken in my front yard. Male cardinal. 

Bird Names Changing?

By Marion Posted on November 6, 2023 Posted in Birds/Birding, History Tagged with bird names changing?, birding
Bird Names Changing?

  Received this newsletter yesterday. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Too bad the American Ornithological Society (AOU), doesn’t put its energy into something more beneficial to the birds, themselves.  By Dr. Roger Lederer From the Washington Post, November …

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Photo of the Day – fledged robin in our backyard

By Marion Posted on June 6, 2020 Posted in Birds/Birding, The great outdoors

We spotted two newly fledged robins in our backyard. “Look”, my husband, called out to me, and I ran and grabbed the camera, as they hopped around the tall grass. Hope they made it safely and flew away.      …

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Community Nesting? Dove and robin sharing same the homestead

By Marion Posted on May 14, 2020 Posted in Birds/Birding, The great outdoors

Every spring for the last several years, robins have taken up nesting in the light fixture on our front porch. This year was no exception, however, after several days we noticed something odd – there was a new bird squatting …

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