Melissa | March 2, 2009
Attention Eastern Bluebirds!! We now have prime real estate available! Lately we’ve seen a few Eastern Bluebird sightings. For a couple of years now I’ve been wanting to hang up an Eastern Bluebird house in efforts to invite them to live in my backyard. My Dad is the resident Bluebird house maker so he made [...]
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Melissa | February 17, 2009
For me, there is nothing like the sound of the song birds singing on a warm breezy spring morning. Really, any time of year their melodies bring me a feeling of peace. This last week we spent time learning about just why it is that the beautiful birds sing. We spent some time one [...]
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Melissa | February 5, 2009
For the past two days we’ve been spending some quality time observing the birds at our feeders. Why you ask? Well, other than the obvious reason that we really enjoy watching the birds…we’ve used our observations for Math and Geography of course!! I’ve made up three spreadsheets to help with this (you can click on [...]
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Melissa | January 29, 2009
I’m busy preparing the Nuts About Nature class for tomorrow, but I had to pop on here for just a moment to share a few fun bird feeder photos with you: ”Wonder” ”Face-Off” Seems the birds have become quite comfortable with the cat sitting there. ”Torture” courtesy of American Goldfinches Can you [...]
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Melissa | January 23, 2009
Last year in March, my two Red-Tailed Hawk friends visited our neck of the woods. I blogged about that HERE. Well, they’re back and they are making a nest again!! They’re rendevousing on the exact same branch!! They’re a bit early this year. Hmmm, wonder if that means an early spring?? I’ll be back [...]
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Melissa | January 20, 2009
It’s official… I’ve spoiled my birds. But that’s only because they are spoiling me with the peace and enjoyment I receive in watching them and all the funny things you see at the bird feeders. I find myself repeatedly mesmerized while I sit and watch them. Because it’s like all of His Creation, it speaks of Him and I’m [...]
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