Little Birds at Oakland Nature Preserve
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A search for the Golden-crowned Kinglet at Oakland Nature Preserve yielded a quick glimpse of the target bird and lots of other little birds!
Tag: Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow and Hooded Mergansers
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This week’s cold fronts brought some winter visitors to my backyard: a White-crowned Sparrow and Hooded Mergansers
Callaway Gardens Vacation: Part 3 – Birds!
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My favorite place at Callaway Gardens is Mr. Cason’s Vegetable Garden. On our first visit, Rich wanted to check out the veges, and I thought I’d be totally bored. But it was quite the opposite. There are tons of birds in the garden. In fact, it is a certified Backyard Habitat. It’s not just vegetables, either. They plant flowers in the garden, too, including a Trial Garden for new varieties of plants. On this trip, the large patches of zinnias were particularly attractive to the butterflies, goldfinches, and hummingbirds. Our first night there was the only night that the vegetable garden was open for sunset. Each night after that, the gates were locked long before the golden light hour. We were very disappointed. Mornings are just not the same, with the staff working in the garden and mowing and pruning and startling the birds. (I know the birds are used to having people around, but they pose a lot better when the garden is quiet!) Also disappointing was the presence of this Red-Tailed Hawk in the garden on the one evening that we were able to photograph there. Although I’d never seen a Red-Tailed Hawk before, and I enjoyed the […]
Winter Birding at Callaway Gardens
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We went to Callaway Gardens to see the Fantasy in Lights display, but during the day, we had a great time walking around the gardens. There are so many birds at Callaway! The Callaway Birds of Prey show is fun. They pick three of about ten of their birds to display during each show, and they let the birds fly (sometimes right over the spectators’ heads!). It’s interesting to hear about the different birds. The chapel looked pretty surrounded in the fall colored leaves. We were surprised to stick see colored leaves on the trees. Being Floridians, it doesn’t take much color on trees to get us excited! They had also decorated the Sibley Horticultural Center for Christmas. Some of the garden-inspired decorations were very clever.