Tag: The Wetland Mitigation in Redmond
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
We added an arm to the bird feeder on the back porch and then added a suet case. This has attracted a few new birds. We will try to get photographs of them sometime soon. However, one regular visitor now is the downy woodpecker. He hangs out for long periods of time, pecking away at [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2009 under Backyard Feeder, Bird Cam, Bird Feeder, Birds, Downy Woodpecker, Feeding, Picoides pubescens, Pileated Woodpecker, Redmond, Suet Feeder, Surburban, Washington, Washington State, Wetland Mitigation, birdie, birdy.
Tags: backyard birdfeeder, birdfeeder, Downy Woodpecker, feeders, Picoides pubescens, Pileated Woodpecker, porch birdfeeder, Redmond, Suburban, suet, The Wetland Mitigation in Redmond, Washington State, Washington State bird, woodpecker
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Pileated Woodpecker (a bird a day)
Ha-ha-ha-ha-hahahahaha… woody woodpecker was fashioned after today’s bird, the Pileated Woodpecker. He’s sooooo cute. It is about the size of the crow which is actually large for a woodpecker. I wouldn’t have thought they’d be so small really. I don’t know why. Maybe I watched too many cartoons growing up and not enough birds in [...]
Posted: October 7th, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Birds, Pileated Woodpecker, Redmond, Washington State, Wetland Mitigation, birdie, birdy.
Tags: A Bird A Day, bird, bird a day, Birds, daily bird, Pacific Northwest, Pileated Woodpecker, Redmond, The Wetland Mitigation in Redmond, Washington State, woodpecker
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Mallard (A bird a day)
The Mallard is the most common duck seen in the United States. The males are more colorful than the females and this is so the female can choose from the males when it comes to mating. She should have a variety afterall. =) The Mallard (and the Muscovy Duck)1 are believed to be the ancestors [...]
Posted: October 6th, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Birds, Collective Noun(s), Duck, Group Name, Mallard, Redmond, Washington State, Wetland Mitigation, birdie, birdy.
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The Barred Owl (a bird a day)
Today’s bird is going to be the Barred Owl. Ask me why? Come on…ask me! Ask me why? BECAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I have pictures of it. Not pictures that are creative commons. Not pictures I bought. Not pictures from postcard but actual live in-person pictures of the Barred Owl in the “Wetland Mitigation” in Redmond, WA. It [...]
Posted: October 5th, 2008 under A Bird A Day, Barred Owl, Birds, Redmond, Washington State, Wetland Mitigation, birdie, birdy, rare.
Tags: A Bird A Day, Barred Owl, bird, bird a day, conservation, daily bird, rare, Redmond, The Wetland Mitigation in Redmond, WA
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