The Birders Report

Bring In The Clowns photo by Mark Schmitt
The Acorn Woodpecker is easily identifiable by their clown-like faces.  They also show a conspicuous white rump and white wing patches when they are in flight.

Just Hanging Around photo by Mark Schmitt
Woodpeckers, like parrots, have two toes pointing forward and two hind toes giving them a very strong and [...]

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Happy Easter 
 
Ostrich Egg pysanky by Brigitte Jordan
A pysanky is a Ukrainian decorated egg.  These beautiful works of art are made by the wax batik method and are made as decoration, not to eat.  A small hole is usually made at both ends of the egg and the contents are blown out before the design is written on to [...]

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House (English) Sparrows photo by Deanne Fortnam
I am a long time bird advocate. I have been building birdhouses or nest boxes, as we call them, for over 25 years now. There have been many different styles, sizes and materials used for building nest boxes over the years but it all comes down to what is best [...]

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Incredible video by Austin & Paul Murray
I was sent a link to this video and just had to pass it on to my readers.  Three of my twenty nestboxes are currently occupied by the Oak Titmouse.  To see my previous post on these great little birds go here: Oak Titmouse.
This is by far, [...]

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Jedi Hummers photo by Lisa Williams
I have been waiting a long time to post this photo by Lisa. Any of you who are familiar with hummingbirds know how tough it must have been to capture this photograph! This is a photo of a Rufous Hummingbird defending his feeder from a Black-chinned Hummingbird looking for an [...]

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