Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Birds I just wanted an updated picture of a Purple Martin so I could share what’s going on with their nesting and egg laying in our Purple Martin House. Presently we have 4 nests, two of them have eggs (1 has 6 eggs). The nest that has 6 eggs, I have no idea how that many…  We’re so dry here in Texas everything is trying to find water, including this Mockingbird who visited my favorite, and oldest, bird bath.  I haven’t posted many pictures of the Ruby Throated Hummingbirds lately simply because I haven’t been quick enough with the camera. We only have two, a male and a female. I see them daily and I’m pretty sure they are the same ones that have been hanging around for about a month. I wonder if… I thought this video was interesting enough that I should post it. I talked about Leecy’s favorite bird at these Cottages we are staying at is this male Peacock. Well this Peacock also seems to have a preference for cat food and he’s willing to put on a full display to intimidate these kittens on…  There sure are a lot of birds I’ve never seen out here before. We’re staying at Country Inn and Cottages out in Fredericksburg, Texas. The one bird I saw today that I was unable to get a picture of was a Summer Tanager. Maybe I’ll get lucky and get a picture tomorrow. A very common… When Leecy got home today all of the baby Carolina Chickadees were gone. That’s the good news. The bad news is I’m a total idiot. I’ve had that Wingscapes BirdCam trained on the nest for 14 days now. I haven’t bothered checking the BirdCam the last couple of days since I could see the birds…  It won’t be long now. I think if we didn’t have this little cold front, these little birds would probably be leaving the nest tomorrow. Of course I did say I thought they would leave the nest by this weekend and I was wrong about that. Look how far they’ve come. It’s amazing how fast…  It won’t be long now! Those Carolina Chickadee babies look like real birds, Carolina Chickadees even. There’s 4 birds in that nest, so they are starting to run out of room to be comfortable. It was just a few days ago that they were just little pink masses with a tuft of hair. I finally…  Leecy made a new bird-type feeder. I think she said it was for the Tufted Titmouse (she’s taking a nap so I can’t ask). I have no idea if they will eat off of this thing, but I do know we’ve had two of them gorging on the meal worms I “thought” I was leaving… I haven’t posted anything about our Purple Martins lately, so I thought I would try something new for them. I was complaining yesterday that I need a new video camera since my current one is so old. Then it dawned on me, why not use the videocam capabilities of my Canon 7D? I decided to…  I now have a new appreciation for human mothers if the job is similar to what a mother Carolina Chickadee goes through. The babies look like Carolina Chickadees now, their eyes are open, they seem to have most of their feathers, and they are now constantly tweeting for the parents to bring them food. I…  Well it’s now day nine for the 4 Carolina Chickadee babies. They still look really healthy, and not only do they no longer look like aliens, they are starting to actually resemble Carolina Chickadees. Before I share a picture and a video I have a disclaimer. I really need a new video camera. The one…  Today is day seven for the Carolina Chickadee babies. They are starting to look like real birds now and not some type of alien. All of them are starting to get some feathers, and I believe they are starting to make little tweeting sounds when they get hungry. Since this is day seven, it would…  As best I can tell, we still only have two Ruby Throated Hummingbirds; one male and one female. They just love that Coral Honeysuckle (we have two of them)! It sure would be nice if the male and female hooked up and built a nest in my backyard. I haven’t seen them interact with one… The 4 remaining Carolina Chickadee babies appear to be doing quite well. They are starting to get some feathers on their wings. I recorded a brief video of them to share. I need to put something on the bottom of the pole that is holding the Bird House with these babies. After seeing two Snakes… |
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