Backyard Birds | Downeast Thunder Farm

First Flight

by Susan | Jul 17, 2013 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm

I’ve had my eye on this nest of Eastern Phoebes in the lean-to outside my office. This morning, I noticed a flurry of activity out the window and saw a tiny little Phoebe perched on the edge of a folding chair. He’d made it the eight feet from down from...

A Visitor to the Garden Bird Bath

by Susan | Jun 19, 2013 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm

This little Mourning Dove look so happy frolicking in the garden bird bath.

Hairy Woodpecker – My Morning Visitor

by Susan | Jun 11, 2013 | Backyard Birds, On the Farm

The past few days this Hairy Woodpecker has been a regular morning visitor at my garden bird feeder. Isn’t he pretty?

Courtship?

by Susan | Jun 3, 2013 | Backyard Birds, On My Mind

Sitting on the porch yesterday, I spied what may have been a bit of courtship going on between these two unidentified birds. There was a lot of posturing and hopping about going on. Cute!

Nesting Robin

by Susan | May 14, 2013 | Backyard Birds, Photography

I don’t see many Robins at my house. That’s probably because I don’t really have a lawn. I’m hopeful that someday I will have a tiny patch that might require mowing instead of scrub and clover. While here in Pennsylvania I’ve enjoyed the...