Birds

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Kestrel house update: Early spring

7 May 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Solominer

I set up this large bird house in the late winter, a few months before any Kestrels would be looking for a new home to roost in. The snow came around and gave the house a dusting of snow on top. Im behind on updates, so next will be a post on mid spr...

Benefits of Homeopathy for Animals

15 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments jukiMM

   Hi guys,     There are many people like me who rescue stray cats and some people save dogs too. I want to say that if the cats, dogs or birds are feeling ill then find out the symptoms and treat them with homeopathic medicine because these innocen...

Hawk

8 Apr 2020 1 minute read 0 comments mgaft1

Before Corovavirus hit the world every day I was going for my morning walk. The place where I live in Fresno is somewhat agricultural. I pass by pomegranate, orange, grapefruit groves, opened fields and tons of different birds, who sit high on the wi...

Close Encounters of the BIRD Kind

24 Feb 2020 2 minute read 4 comments blueeyes8960

It's not often that I get to snap of pic of birds in flight from ABOVE so this was a perfect opportunity. This photo was taken from the 9th deck of our cruise ship while it was docked at Cozumel, Mexico. The inquisitive seagulls didn't take long to...

European Starling

5 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments nimediapresentations

European Starlings, an invasive species to the United States, were brought to Central Park in 1890 as an effort to introduce to Central Park every bird mentioned in Shakespeare.  They have settled well here, and are credited with destroying crops fro...

Herring Gull in the air

1 Jan 2020 1 minute read 0 comments nimediapresentations

Herring Gull in the Air, by Nick   This was taken in New York City with my Nikon telephoto lens, at 116 mm. I know, it kind of looks like a hawk.  It is a herring gull, and they are EVERYWHERE in New York these days!  It is a  relatively new phenome...

Feathered Friday - Strutting Their Stuff at Grant's Farm

29 Oct 2019 1 minute read 0 comments blueeyes8960

  On a beautiful fall day, it was my pleasure to tour the grounds at Grant's Farm and I'm devoting this post to the feathered creatures that make their home here.  This colorful fellow was just getting ready to put on a show with one of the handle...

Green woodpecker - Picus viridis, today's walk in the park

25 Sep 2019 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano

Green woodpecker - Picus viridis a species of medium-sized bird from the woodpecker family. It inhabits almost all of Europe and western Asia - from southern Scandinavia and Great Britain to the Mediterranean and from northern Iran and Turkmenistan t...

Speed Drawing: Little Blue Bird

22 Sep 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Skeenee

Hi! My daughter loves birds so I started drawing them more often. They are fun, easy to draw, and are a nice break from drawing skulls. Here is a time-lapse of a little blue bird drawing inspired from a picture I found online. I usually use the pictu...

Fallen Swift

28 Jun 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Dimarss

Hello to the all nature lover! I found this bird on the way to the store...It could not take off, although it looked completely intact!     This swift was very scared when I took him in my arms and was very worried.So that the cats did not find it,...