Category Archives: Birds

Anything to do with birds, wild or domestic. Bird watching. Parrots. Bird that can talk. Bird brains.

Beginner Painting Project: A Cardinal for Christmas

Are you looking for an easy holiday painting project that can be completed in ten minutes? Consider painting a cardinal on a small square of canvas board. What you will need? A canvas board, prepainted light green. (A square four … Continue reading

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Animal Communication: Do Chickens Mean To Tell Us They Laid An Egg?

There is a difference between communicative utterances and intentional communication. The  hen in the video embedded below  announced she had just laid an egg. But did she mean to tell me that? Or was this an instinctive cry that she … Continue reading

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The Behavioral Difference Between Male and Female Cardinals

I have a pair of cardinals in my front yard who like to raid the chicken coop yard, where I leave lots of goodies for my chickens and ducks. Not too long ago, the female went into the yard under … Continue reading

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Trapping and Shooting Strategies for Eliminating European Starlings and…

I’ve been meaning to write this article for a long time.  As a member of a few birding forums, I see a lot of requests for advice with sparrow trapping and shooting and I always post a lot of information, but … Continue reading

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Feeding Purple Martins During Inclement Weather

In late March 2011, I was staring out my window watching the falling rain and sleet and the thermometer that was falling even faster.  I was also keeping watch on my eight purple martins that had arrived 10 days earlier … Continue reading

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Separating the Yolk from the White

A couple of years ago, my daughter and I decided to raise chickens. I wrote about that here. In time, the hens grew, and they started laying very regularly. I thought this would be a good way to provide ourselves … Continue reading

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How To Train A Parrot

Training a parrot takes patience and skills. I have a quaker parrot  that is now 4 years old and will be 5 years old this month. It is best to start training a parrot when it’s a baby. When it … Continue reading

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