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Audubon…

02 Monday Jan 2023

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January first was new calendar day…

for many years we have had Chihuly calendars… either my daughter or I would get two and give one to the other person;-)…

one year I even made one filled with photos from our trip to see his installation in Atlanta…

this year I changed it up…

I found an Audubon calendar online that shows a different bird each day… ordered two and sent one off with the other Christmas presents…

took down the old one and put up the new one…

I think I will learn a bit and maybe it will even help me with bird identification in the garden…

startled…

08 Thursday Dec 2022

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the fifty pound bag of birdseed was recently delivered in the evening…

I had forgotten they were coming so was startled when they arrived and didn’t have them put it into the garage, where I had made a spot on the table for it…

they brought it into the house and left it by the front door…

it was heavy but in the morning I dragged it through the house to the back door…

then I went out and brought in the two pails that hold it, filled them up, and carried them out, one at a time, lol…

the bag was much lighter at this point and I was able to carry it out and fill the bin with the last portion…

those big girl pants;-)…

particular…

07 Wednesday Dec 2022

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stood at the window and watched chickadees, a nuthatch, and sparrows at the feeders…

and my neighbour shovelling his sidewalk… he is very particular and does a great job every time… it is fun to watch and makes me giggle every time, because my beloved would have been very impressed;-)…

besides shovelling, he also swept the front steps…

portion…

03 Thursday Nov 2022

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had a great day on Tuesday…

worked on homemade spaghetti sauce for a good portion of the day…

watched chickadees, nuthatches, and squirrels out the front window…

set the table for supper with the kids and tidied the house in preparation for the cleaners…

finished getting the rest of supper ready and had a great visit over the meal…

and they fixed the fire pit…

view…

20 Thursday Oct 2022

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now that the pond is empty and covered with the tarp, the camera isn’t really needed, so it came into the house…

happily, the bottom of it fit perfectly on the camera tripod…

set it up by the window where the bird feeder is attached…

this is particularly good now as the mandevilla blocks the view through the window…

looking forward to getting some great views of the guests at the feeder;-)…

sound…

12 Wednesday Oct 2022

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the other day, my Merlin sound app found many different birds inside an hour and a half… even though I didn’t see them all…

what a treat to have confirmation of some of the little birds flitting about the garden…

we are clearly in the middle of migration season…

mystery…

07 Sunday Aug 2022

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the other day I swept the steps between the pond and back garden so that I could walk along them in my bare feet…

yesterday I noticed that they were covered with dirt again…

today I watched the birds having dirt baths, all the way along the walk, lol…

solved that mystery;-)… and thinking there is no point in sweeping it again…

turkey…

14 Thursday Jul 2022

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had a good morning on Tuesday…

listened to house sparrows, chickadees and a few crows… I am just loving the sound ID on the Merlin app…

spotted the wild turkey that had been wandering the street yesterday, thanks to my neighbour knocking on the door…

and apparently the turkey frightened one of the neighbourhood bunnies…

there was no sign of the raccoons and the fish appear happy and all present… one of the biggest ones has been scraped up though… not sure if it was from the raccoon the night before last or from hiding under a rock, sigh…

the red and gray squirrels have been wandering around and threatening one another…

but the sun was out, except for a ten minute shower, and I was able to eat outside…

ID…

24 Friday Jun 2022

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I am really enjoying a newer feature on the Merlin Bird ID app… it lets you record bird sounds and then, nearly instantly, tells you what bird you are hearing… I’ve used this free app regularly to help identify birds that stop by the garden to eat or drink…

this new option is great for times, a lot recently, when the birds aren’t coming to the feeders and you want to ID them…

in the last day, there’s been a house wren here, and this morning the house finch and chipping sparrow seem to be chatting, lol…

fun to know who’s around, even if you can’t spot them…

table-top…

23 Monday May 2022

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great fun on this Victoria Day…

headed outside this morning and cleaned the glass table-top… I swept the decks, moved furniture around, found cushions and blankets and brought the plants out of the garage…

then I had a sit down by the pond;-)…

got coffee, pistachios, and almonds ready for my BS group… our first in-person gathering since the fall…

everyone arrived with various delicious treats and we had a wonderful visit…

we went from sunny… to cloudy… to windy… and back to sunny… a few times… birds flitted about and jackets came on and off as required, lol…

just after everyone had gone, and the space was back to normal, it started to spit…

perfect timing;-)…