Tag: bird

Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis ♀), in Chesapeake, Virginia. 

My brother-in-law has voice trained the resident bluebirds. He makes a whooping noise when he puts meal worms in their feeder to alert them that food is available. 

I don’t think I’m fooling anyone. This is a bird blog after all. 

Today family and friends gathered at my sister’s home in Chesapeake for Easter lunch, and of course the conversation turned (as it always does) to the birds we have sighted recently, those that have just arrived or departed for the season, who’s nesting in our respective yards. It’s not a competition exactly, but only because we don’t formally keep score. We do it for the vainglory.

At Parr Lane the big news is the killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) nesting in the gravel drive where the Zodiac and trailer are parked. At least this year the bird isn’t nesting in the path of cars. 

The killdeer has made a shallow depression in the rocks, and is brooding a clutch of four eggs, which will incubate for three to four weeks. Sadly, I won’t be around when the little fuzz balls hatch. No points for me.   

I don’t think I’m fooling anyone. This is a bird blog after all. 

Today family and friends gathered at my sister’s home in Chesapeake for Easter lunch, and of course the conversation turned (as it always does) to the birds we have sighted recently, those that have just arrived or departed for the season, who’s nesting in our respective yards. It’s not a competition exactly, but only because we don’t formally keep score. We do it for the vainglory.

At Parr Lane the big news is the killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) nesting in the gravel drive where the Zodiac and trailer are parked. At least this year the bird isn’t nesting in the path of cars. 

The killdeer has made a shallow depression in the rocks, and is brooding a clutch of four eggs, which will incubate for three to four weeks. Sadly, I won’t be around when the little fuzz balls hatch. No points for me.