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Sibling rivalry (again)
Clearly, I’m in a title rut, now. I’m willing to keep running with this theme, though, because there’s so many fun things going on right now. Last week I was over at a friend’s house. Sitting in his backyard, I … Continue reading
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Sibling rivalry update
One person posted a comment earlier (and I just got my own view) of the two chicks in the nest. It’s official! They’ve got 2 kids now.
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Sibling rivalry (??)
As I’m writing this post, I’m still not sure if there’s only one chick or more than one chick in the Peregrine Falcon nest at One Well Fargo in uptown. Haven’t heard about it, yet? Check out the FalCam at the … Continue reading
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Happy Mother’s Day
The first of the eggs has hatched! There’s a nice baby Peregrine Falcon tucked under the mama, now. http://www.carolinaraptorcenter.org Click on the FalCam link.
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A bird’s eye view of parenting
Really, it is one. My mother works in a nice, tall building in uptown Charlotte and discovered (back at the beginning of April) a pair of unknown birds hanging out on the ledge outside the 40th floor. She has sent … Continue reading
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Oh baby baby
It’s that time of year. While all the songbirds are flying around singing and making a general spectacle of themselves, the ducks have apparently been quietly going at it for awhile. Running through Freedom Park yesterday, I came across a … Continue reading
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Love and anger
It is that time of year, isn’t it? Every morning, the obviousness of what’s happening with all the birds strikes me. Usually the awareness kicks in just before 5am. For awhile, that was when the Northern Cardinal was singing in … Continue reading
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To clean, or not to clean, that is the question!
That’s a line from MacBird, by Shakesparrow. Sorry, I just couldn’t resist a morning pun. The cleaning question, however, is a real one. I’ve had lots of people ask me about it in the past and there are certainly … Continue reading
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We’ve got a job to do
Yesterday I was standing on my little deck, watching the Northern Cardinal that was singing in the Crepe Myrtle behind my place. I had a nice view of him doing his ‘purty purty purty’ song, but a flash of movement … Continue reading
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Eagles are jerks!
Earlier in the week, I took a quick trip out to Lake Mattamuskeet on the coast of NC. At some level, it’s a weird thing to call “quick”. From Charlotte, it’s about a 6 hour drive to get there so … Continue reading
