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More backyard birds
by Brent Eades We’re in that gloomy time of year for birders — those who work in the city at least — it’s dark when we leave for work and dark when we get home. This limits birding to weekends for now....
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Backyard birds, December 16
by Brent Eades This week I’ve had the usual species for the time of year, although with many more House Finches than is typical for mid-December: 30+ most days. I’ve also had: American Tree Sparrows...
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Backyard birds, December 31
by Brent Eades I’ve had the usual mix of early-winter species in my yard for the past week, though with the House Finches continuing to linger in numbers not typical for late December. The list:...
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Snowy owls throughout the area
by Brent Eades As reported in the Ottawa Citizen and elsewhere, Eastern Ontario has been the happy recipient of an ‘irruption’ (an usually large number) of Snowy Owls for the past couple of weeks....
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Snowy Owls again
by Brent Eades I spotted three Snowy Owls today on Highway 15 between Almonte and CP. Here are some shots of a juvenile female, near the tractor dealership.
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Lanark birds on Facebook
by Brent Eades Here’s something I’ve been remiss in not mentioning in the course of my birding posts in the Millstone: the fact that Lanark County has its very own birding group on Facebook. The group...
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Backyard birds: February 1 2014
by Brent Eades I must admit I haven’t been paying my yard enough attention lately what with the unprecedented irruption of Snowy Owls, and quite a few interesting hawks in the area as well. My backyard...
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Backyard birds, February 17
by Brent Eades The Great Backyard Bird Count is underway once again. I spent a few hours watching my yard on Saturday and ended up with a pleasantly long list, 14 species in all: 8 Mourning Dove 1...
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Backyard birds, March 14
by Brent Eades It has been a busy few weeks at the office, and I haven’t been taking as many backyard photos as usual. I’ve had no new species since my last post; here’s what has been in my yard the...
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Backyard birds, March 23 2014
by Brent Eades So it’s spring, 15 cm of snow yesterday notwithstanding. I’ve had one new spring bird since my last post, a Grackle who showed up briefly this morning. Before then I mostly had Blue...
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Backyard birds, April 27 2014
by Brent Eades It has been a while since my last post. This is in part because there haven’t been a lot of new birds in my yard, and in part because with the arrival of spring migrants I’ve been...
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Backyard birds, May 7 2014
by Brent Eades As is usual at this time of year, my yard is in transition. The Goldfinches that were around most of the winter, and then disappeared, are back and showing their full colours. The...
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Backyard Birds – December 2014
by Brent Eades For the past couple of years I’ve posted occasional photos of winter visitors to my yard here in Almonte. Here are a few from the past few weeks. Click photos to enlarge. House Finch...
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Invasion of the Pine Siskins
by Brent Eades The Pine Siskin is a small, streaked finch that you may or may not see in your yard in a given year. As the Cornell University ornithology site says of them: Flocks of tiny Pine Siskins...
View ArticleBlue Jays really do prefer peanuts
by Brent Eades I’ve noticed over the years of watching my backyard feeders that Blue Jays really, really like peanuts. Today I happened to record this very persistent Jay zeroing in repeatedly on the...
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Backyard birds, December 27
by Brent Eades I fill my feeders only in the winter months, when the birds can use some help finding food — especially during a week like this when temperatures are extreme. I’m seldom home during...
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Backyard birds, January 5 2020
by Brent Eades After taking a hiatus from this column for a year or two I thought I’d restart it. The premise is pretty simple: these are birds I photograph in my backyard, as viewed through the window...
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Backyard birds, March 23 2020
by Brent Eades I knew there had to be bright sides to being stuck in the house indefinitely, teleworking — one is that I’m home now when the birds are active and the light is good, so I can take more...
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Backyard birds, December 16 2020
by Brent Eades One benefit of the strangeness of 2020 is that I’ve been working from home since last March — which means I have many more opportunities to photograph the birds in my yard than I did...
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Backyard Birds: February 6 2021
by Brent Eades Another in my occasional series of bird photos from my back yard. Given I’ve been working at home for almost a year now, I have many more chances to spot birds there. Blue Jay Common...
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