The first few days of the year brought with them the first ice over of the Wetlands. The ice will soon be history, all gone. I, or we, know that the ice will be gone within a day or two since the TV, internet, and radio tells us these things ahead of time. But for [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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BEKIs Make Big Splash in Wetlands!
May 25th, 2011The picture on the right is of the splash made by an adult male Belted Kingfisher as it dove into the water. The kingfisher was demonstrating to its young fledglings how to catch fish. I saw at least three kingfishers in the Wetlands on Wednesday (5/18). The next day it was reported that there were [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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BEKI Male Comes Home
February 25th, 2011The male half of the locally nesting Belted Kingfisher pair has returned to the Wetlands from wherever it was that he spent the last six or seven months. I think he’s back a bit early this year. I don’t remember seeing him until sometime in March in the past. I’ve already seen the male chasing [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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A Bird Walk Thru the Week
January 19th, 2011On this bright, sunny, and relatively warm day following many days of below normal temperatures, I thought it’d be nice to take a walk through the past week or so and have a look at some of the birds that frequent Explore the Wild and Catch the Wind. Take a walk. It’s good for you. Read the rest of this entry »
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Some Early September Sights
September 16th, 2010As you well know (if you’ve been following this blog) caterpillars tend to show up more frequently from late summer into fall. It’s not so much that there are more of them, but that the larger species are maturing, their frass more visible on the ground beneath the trees and shrubs that they’re feeding on, and [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Kingfisher Returns, With Some New Faces!
May 28th, 2010There were five Belted Kingfishers in the Wetlands on Wednesday afternoon (5/26). What does that mean? It means that our resident female, which is seen in the Wetlands nearly every day of the year until nesting duties call her away in April, has returned with her new family. I wasn’t able to get a close [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Bluebird Update
March 18th, 2010Immediately after posting “Bluebird Boxes” I went out to Catch the Wind and this is what I saw! Both the male and female had several peeks inside the boxes. It’s still uncertain, however, whether or not they will choose to use this particular box. But, two of the other boxes are being very carefully inspected by [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Kingfishers, Cowbirds, and Catbirds
June 30th, 2009A male and female Belted Kingfisher were seen in the Wetlands on the 16th of June. A lone female was seen on the 20th & 21st of June. A single male on 28 June. On June 17th, I witnessed a Song Sparrow with an apparent injured leg (it was hopping along on one leg as [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Who’s Nesting
June 15th, 2009A Cooper’s Hawk was seen carrying prey on the 7th of June. The hawk appeared to be a female and was flying in the direction of the pines which surround the Ellerbee Creek Railway tracks near the train tunnel. This is the area in which Cooper’s Hawks nested last year. The fact that this bird [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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