Although absent from the Museum for several days, I managed to stop by and check the bluebird nest boxes while in town on Tuesday morning (4/16/13). Here’s what I found. The “Cow Pasture” nest has two additional eggs since the last nest inspection for a total of five. The Chickadee in the nest next to [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Birds Posts
Love is most definitely in the air!
April 16th, 2013Spring is here and those animals that haven’t found a mate are seeking one, or two. On Arpil 5 a Common Snapping Turtle crawled out to dry a bit and perhaps get rid of some of its accumulated algae and parasites before seeking a mate. I had seen three other snappers a few days before [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Seasonal Firsts and other Exciting News
April 9th, 2013For the last month we’ve had a trio of mallards staying with us. Mallards are nothing unusual anywhere in North America but we haven’t attracted many here in our wetland over the past several years. The current trio, two drakes and a duck, have been foraging heavily. One day I noticed them intently digging and [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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The Eagle and the Hawk
April 4th, 2013The following URL was passed along to me by Jennifer here at the Museum. It’s a live Eagle Cam from Duke Farms in New Jersey. The live feed is of an eagle’s nest in a sycamore tree. More interesting is a previously recorded video that is linked to on the right side of the web [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Bluebird Update 4.2.13
April 3rd, 2013There are only two changes in the status of our six nest boxes since the last Bluebird Update. First, the nest in the Cow Pasture near the Train Tunnel has been completed. It was started by a bluebird, worked on by a chickadee and finished by a bluebird. Notice that the nest has pine needles [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Bluebird Update 3.26.13
March 27th, 2013As you can see in the above photo one our bluebird nests has eggs. We’ll have to wait to see if the female lays more eggs or starts incubating right away. I didn’t see a bird in the vicinity when I inspected the box so maybe she intends to add to the clutch. In other [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Bluebirds!!
March 20th, 2013Well, it’s that time of year again when the wild creatures of our little world here at the Museum begin to procreate, to bring more wild creatures into the world (actually, there’s probably not a month out of the year when there is not some sort of procreation going on out in the wild). Our [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Jordan Lake EagleCam
March 15th, 2013For anyone wanting to check up on the progress of an eagle nestling at Jordan Lake, here’s the link: EagleCam You’ll have to sit through a brief ad but it’s worth it. It’s streaming live video, but it’s educational, work related (if you work here at the Museum) and much better than watching the ACC [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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