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Suet Time

January 2, 2025 by Jim Brewer

My suet feeders have been getting more and more attention since the weather got cold. They were quite popular this week with rain on the ground and nothing much to eat except for my feeders and the seeds I scattered. I saw nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, red bellied woodpeckers, sparrows, chickadees, titmice, and wrens squeezing in and out of the suet cages. Suet is an inexpensive way to feed … [Read more...]

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My Flock of Doves

December 26, 2024 by Jim Brewer

I am proud to say that I have my own personal flock of doves. There are 8, maybe 10 and they are regular visitors to my back yard. They fly in about 7 in the morning, just after I have scattered assorted seeds in the back, and they are delighted to find and eat the seeds that the others pass by. I think they eat some of the whole kernel corn that I also distribute, but mostly the crows and the … [Read more...]

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Sunflower Chips: The Best

December 19, 2024 by Jim Brewer

I saw a post this week on a Neighborhood site that said Black Oil Sunflower seed was the best buy because all birds can eat it. Not true, Sunflower for birdseed comes three ways: whole, hearts and chips. The whole, black-oil sunflower seeds are ideal for cardinals because cardinals have beaks equipped to break the hulls and then eat the hearts. Doves swallow the seeds whole and their craw … [Read more...]

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Life on the Bayou

December 12, 2024 by Jim Brewer

The State of Louisiana is a sprawling system of bayous. We call them creeks in the east, but there are tens of thousands of interweaving and connecting bayous in the Pelican State and each has a name. While we were in this part of the country, Nancy and I had a chance to explore some of the bayous and it was fascinating. From our first Port-of-Call at Darrow, LA, we went aboard a river craft with … [Read more...]

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The Tufted Titmouse

December 5, 2024 by Jim Brewer

Who would ever name a bird “titmouse?” The poor little tufted titmouse has nothing in common with a mouse, or the other part of its name. The regal little bird with the crest should have been named the silver prince or something equally as distinguished. But its name is the tufted titmouse, and we always have them at our feeder. About 10 years … [Read more...]

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Bluebirds, Bluebirds Everywhere

November 28, 2024 by Jim Brewer

I am on the Next-Door mailing list, which lets neighbors share tips, warnings, and general messages. One of the neighbors wrote about late nesting bluebirds and others chimed in that they had seen more bluebirds this year than ever.  And I agree. My bluebirds had three successful nests, including a late hatch, and my feeders and birdbaths have since been filled with the cheerful … [Read more...]

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It’s Snowing Again

November 14, 2024 by Jim Brewer

A saw a familiar bird in the yard this week, one I had not seen in a while. It was a snowbird. They left last year around mid-March, and like clockwork, they returned in mid-November. Each year I have a small flock of snowbirds, Dark-Eyed Juncos. The 10 or 12 small gray birds shelter in our thick bushes, making occasional and regular darts beneath our feeder to scratch for dislodged seeds. … [Read more...]

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Going, Going, Gone

October 3, 2024 by Jim Brewer

They come and then they go. Some of my backyard birds, that is. Catbirds, for example. They sneak into my feeders around April, build their nests, have their babies, feed up and then leave. Interestingly, I saw a catbird just last week – a late traveler. Perhaps he wanted to see what the rain was going go do and where it would go, but he’s gone now. And the hummingbirds. Typically, my backyard … [Read more...]

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Bluebirds: Already Looking

September 27, 2024 by Jim Brewer

Good job, guys. Yet I saw Mr. Bluebird poking in and out of one of my three houses this week. He’s already looking. I suppose all birds keep an eye out for potential nesting sites, but since bluebirds are most visible, I Frequently see them shopping around for nests throughout the year. One reason, I suppose, is that for the past 30 or 40 years, nesting sites were drying up as invasive sparrows … [Read more...]

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A White Sparrow

September 11, 2024 by Jim Brewer

About once a year, I’ll see an albino or a leucistic bird in my yard. Last week, I saw a white sparrow. At least I’m pretty sure he was a sparrow because he was flying with a small flock of other sparrows. The flock of 7 or 8 flew to the fence at my garden, then something spooked them, and they flew off to the back hedge. I thought that maybe since they had found food and water, they’d stay a … [Read more...]

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