Tag: Cavity nesting birds

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It’s Time to Clean Out Your Nest Boxes

December 13, 2018 by Larry 3 Comments

Birds can be attracted to your home simply by offering food, water and shelter. Trees and shrubs that yield fruit, berries, seeds, nuts and...

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Oh Look, It’s Baby Birds

April 20, 2017 by Larry No Comments

With all the crazy stuff going on in the world these days, I thought it would be nice to put a smile on some...

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Watch Northern Flickers As They Are Coaxed From Their Cavity Nest

July 14, 2016 by Larry No Comments

Unlike cavity nesting ducklings which hatch precocial (eyes open, covered with down and ready to go), most cavity nesting birds hatch altricial. They are...

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Red-shafted Northern Flickers Feeding Nestlings

June 16, 2016 by Larry 2 Comments

My nestling Red-shafted Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) are around two weeks old now and the adults are still entering the nestbox to feed them....

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Northern Flicker Nestlings at Ten Days

June 2, 2016 by Larry No Comments

Continuing my Northern Flicker (Collaptes auratus) nestling observations from my last post, I was amazed at what I found when I opened the nest box this...

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Northern Flickers Have Found My Nest Box

May 19, 2016 by Larry 10 Comments

As some of you may know, I have been monitoring about 35 nest boxes on three Bluebird Trails going on seven years now. Over the...

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Violet-green Swallows Take Up Residence on my Bluebird Trail

June 18, 2014 by Larry 4 Comments

Every few years I am lucky enough to have Violet-green Swallows (Tachycineta thalassina) take up residence on one of my Bluebird trails. This year...

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Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

May 7, 2014 by Larry 3 Comments

According to Wikipedia, birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, two-legged, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates. The fossil record indicates that birds emerged within the theropod dinosaurs...

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