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Birds stories in our blog
Hair soaks up oil spills: MatterOfTrust.org
May 3, 2010
Hair soaks up oil from oil spills, and MatterOfTrust.org invites donations of hair, fur, and nylons from hair salons, pet groomers — anyone and everyone.
Bird watching: Cedar Waxwing circus at Kenosha's Kemper Center
July 13, 2009
Check out this great little spot for watching these striking birds as they perform summer aerobatics.
YouTube's new 'Shows' tab: Streaming full-length movies, TV
April 17, 2009
The one that caught my eye first was David Attenborough’s outstanding BBC series, ‘The Life of Birds’.
Hummingbird babies webcam
February 6, 2009
Live Ustream webcam showing hummingbird babies in Sunnyvale, California.
Out with House Sparrows, in with American Goldfinches
May 9, 2008
We had way too many noisy sparrows, so we stopped feeding them and now focus on more desirable birds like the American Goldfinch.
Playing in the dirt
May 30, 2007
A roundup of our spring backyard gardening activities here in Racine, Wisconsin.
Spring is sprouting
March 22, 2007
We’re going to try to grow many of our backyard plants from seed this year.
What my cousin did last summer
February 13, 2007
Ever Google someone you haven’t seen for a long time?
Hummingbirds in Wisconsin
November 1, 2006
I did some reading, hung a hummingbird feeder, and sure enough — a hummingbird came to our window.
'Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill': Mark Bittner's feral parrots
October 15, 2006
A fascinating study of San Francisco’s conure parrots and a man who developed a close friendship with them.
We are gardeners, and it is good
June 2, 2006
We have been reading a few gardening books, and now we’re planting some things in our yard.
This is for the birds
April 28, 2006
Moving from apartment to house has made it possible for us to attract a much wider variety of birds to our backyard.
