How to scare the bejeebies out of a cockatiel, or, nature awareness at home

 I was getting ready to pop into the shower for my morning ablutions when I heard both my boys, Sandro and Rembrandt, racketing around and squawking.  I hurried down the hall, wondering what was causing all this mad flapping and outcry, and was as shocked as they were to see acrow trying to perch on the windowsill, [...]

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I am a sucker for bird videos

Einstein the talking parrot is not quite up there with Alex the research bird, even though they’re the same species, but she’s an incredible mimic. Three minutes of video represents hours of interaction between human and bird.

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Ah, spring

Behold the mating dance of the American woodcock.
(Thanks to Birdchick for tweeting the link.)

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My favorite combination!

Bird-related, and simultaneously heart-warming and weird!

more about “My favorite combination!“, posted with vodpod

Thanks to the Birdchick for pointing this out!

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I am not a birder, but I know who is

I am not a birder.  That is, I’m not what the uninitiated call a “birdwatcher”.  (I suppose it’s like the difference between “Trekker” and “Trekkie”, though I’m so old-skool that I do call myself a Trekkie.)  The birds I watch are the two who live in my home with me, and whatever other birds happen [...]

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