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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Wisconsin
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A few of the harbingers of spring in my area have appeared in the last couple of days. The sandhill cranes are back and the chipmunks are out filling their cheeks with sunflower seeds. And I've seen a few of the very first willow blooms.
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#352 |
POM Judge & Official Non Gardener
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA
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Around Avon NY we found a Great Blue Heron colony!
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I'm glad Jeff and tend to shop together when we have time....but I can't say I love it! I do, however, love being able to walk out the back door to grab something from the garden instead of running to the store.
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#354 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I didn't know they lived in colonies! Wow! Now that would be a sight to behold...any pictures?
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#355 |
WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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I *just* saw a bald eagle flying by! There I was at the computer reading what's new on Wildlife Gardeners, when I glanced out the window to my left, one room away; that is when I saw it. Being such a large bird it was no mistaking it even across about two acres. The tell-tale white on its head and tail let me immediately recognize what I was seeing. I jumped from the chair and ran to the kitchen window to get a better view--I'm sure the cats started at my sudden movement.
At the window, I got a better view, and instead of running back for the camera, I just enjoyed the sight. That is the longest and closest I've ever seen one. Had I got the camera, I'd likely have missed it all. Sorry no pics to share, but I feel I'm a better man for having seen it. ![]()
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#356 |
1st Place Winner DIY Catchall Contest
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Kissimmee Florida
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It is awesome that everything is beginning to wake up. I hope everyone is ready. I spent a little time away here recently. Here is my best Hummingbird photo to date, I believe it is a Green throated carib.
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: S. Grafton, Massachusetts
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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"If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~ |
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#360 |
Curious George & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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We saw a bald headed eagle and a northern harrier over the marsh yesterday, no camera but binocs present. Beautiful! I didn't know they had bald headed eagles out here on the OBX.
My favorite sight so far, a blue-grey gnatcatcher.
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