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Purple Martins In The Morning Bonding And Examining New Gourd House

As promised I took a few videos this morning that show my Purple Martin colony as well as their attempts to figure out what to do with this new gourd housing unit I bought them. After the Martins did a little bonding a few decided to explore the new gourd housing.  They appeared to enjoy…

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How To Glue A Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis To Protect From Weather And Predators

Hopefully some folks will find this post useful in their Butterfly Gardening. Below is a video that I recorded today of Leecy gluing some Monarch Chrysalises to a piece of cardboard.  We tend to do this during Winter months when we still have Caterpillars and Chrysalises and want to protect them from inclement weather (rainy,…

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Big Group Of Migrating Monarch Butterflies

Wouldn’t you know it?  We get a nice cold front blowing through yesterday, and today (while I’m at work) Leecy witnesses one of the largest group of Migrating Monarchs we have seen in our backyard.  Leecy took both the picture and video with her camera, so I’ll let her do the narration. Hi! Well, yes…

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Male Ruby Throated Hummingbird HD Video

I woke up a little early this morning so I could water the Bamboo.  It was also the same time that the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds decided it was time to feed. This is the second male I have seen.  He’s obviously competing with the Honeybees I also took a brief video, and I got really…

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Golden Retriever And German Shepherd Swimming With Underwater Camera

I bought Leecy a new camera for her trip to the Galapagos next year.  It’s a Canon PowerShot D10.  It’s “supposed” to be able to take pictures and videos underwater, so we decided to see if it really works. First a few distance shots.  Here’s Sascha the German Shepherd trying out her new Ruffwear Doggie…

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Second Day Of Purple Martin Baby Rehab

Update: As of Saturday at 9:00 am, Lil Buddy is not in his nest.  Hopefully the process that I did below helped him to fledge. I guess today is day 2 of my attempt to rescue/rehab this baby Purple Martin.  I’m calling him “Lil Buddy.” I’ll share with you the full story and intersperse it…

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Melvin The Baby Cardinal Eyes Begin To Open On Day 6

Today is Melvin’s 6th day.  His (I say he, but it could be a she) eyes are just beginning to open. As I’ve mentioned in the my last few posts about Melvin, his father is taking a very active role in his feeding. Here’s Papa Cardinal bringing in some food for Melvin.  It looks like…

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