So, spring migration is nearly over. I haven't had many new birds this year. Here is a list of the birds that have been seen hanging around my feeders, or my yard, or just flying through.
Black-capped chickadee
Dark-eyed junco
Red-breasted nutchatch
White-breasted nuthatch
Mourning dove
American goldfinch
Purple finch
Northern Cardinal
European starling
American robin
Bluejay
Turkey vulture
American crow
Sharp-shinned hawk
Chipping sparrow
Song sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Northern flicker
Red-winged blackbird
Common grackle
Eastern bluebird
And of course, the ruby-throated hummingbirds are back!!
There are also the "others"
chipmunk
red squirrel
gray squirrel
If anything new shows up, I'll keep you posted!!
Monday, May 13, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Long time, no talk
It has been a long time since I've been here. Lots of stuff has happened since then. The main reason for not posting is that now I have a 14 month old son and he keeps me busy, busy, busy.
I have been birding, of course. We went to Florida in January for the Space Coast Birding Festival. The 3 of us had a great time. I have a little birder on my hands!
Anyway, I'm going to try to get back to this as much as possible. Writing about my birding adventures is very therapeutic.
Talk with you later!
www.facebook.com/laura.kluge
I have been birding, of course. We went to Florida in January for the Space Coast Birding Festival. The 3 of us had a great time. I have a little birder on my hands!
Anyway, I'm going to try to get back to this as much as possible. Writing about my birding adventures is very therapeutic.
Talk with you later!
www.facebook.com/laura.kluge
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Update
Today would normally have been a Wordless Wednesday, but it snowed this morning. (I have no idea what the connection is, but there is.)
So, what have I been up to? Nothing. Same thing as the last time. My second quarter at Strayer is over and I earned 2 more As. This quarter was extremely simple, at least for me. I now have a 2 week spring break. I'll be doing all the stuff that I haven't gotten done in the past 11 weeks. Like dusting. I think there is a 1/2 inch layer of dust on everything. I was planning on doing some yard work, but it doesn't look like it. My daffodils and hyacinths and tulips have started to bloom, but I have yet to be able to get out there and clean out the beds.
My next quarter is going to be a bit harder. I guess that's a good thing, it will finally be challenging. Now that I got all the fluff classes out of the way, I can go on to learn something.
Still looking for a job. I have picked up the job search. It would have been nice if I could have found something and moved into it during the 2 weeks I have off. Jobs are few and far between out there. I'm really trying to avoid going back to Knoebels. It's more important to me and Bill that we get our lives back together. We are better together than apart.
Bill's job is going fine. He's been there for a year now. The current budget stuff in Harrisburg is going to affect the department he's with, but he should be fine. He really likes Mansfield and the Twin Tiers of PA/NY. And I like it too. Not my ideal place to settle, but it will work for a while. (Better than where I am now.)
The dogs are doing good. Meika will be 7 tomorrow. She is no longer shy and stand-offish. She is now into telling you when she wants something. Loudly. Eugene plays ball continuously. He now has a large ball to go with his smaller Jolly Ball (the hard plastic balls made for horses). Apparently the smaller ball is better in the snow. The bigger one is better in the mud(!).
So, live goes on. Slowly. Just taking things one day at a time, hoping something better comes along.
On the birding front: I have a gang of House Sparrows. A LARGE gang. Depending on the day, I can have 65 birds at the feeder. I also have a few Mourning Doves that come by, and of course, the pigeons. Once in a while a House Finch will come by. And this morning, I spotted a Dark-Eyed Junco flying out of the grass. I haven't seen the hawk in a while, so it must be finding food elsewhere. I live in the middle of town, and there isn't really anything to entice other birds to come to my feeders. When I do a couple of streets back, in the alley that backs up to the woods, I can hear Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, and even the occasional Thrush (not a Robin) in the summer.
Last week when I went to Mansfield, I stopped to look at a field just filled with Snow Geese. Thousands of them. And then spotted a flock of Trumpeter Swans in a flooded field. But those are the only other birds I've seen other than the daily dose of sparrows.
So, on that note, I'm off to do my taxes. (Paying the government this year, not in a rush to finish them.)
So, may your next bird be a lifer!!
So, what have I been up to? Nothing. Same thing as the last time. My second quarter at Strayer is over and I earned 2 more As. This quarter was extremely simple, at least for me. I now have a 2 week spring break. I'll be doing all the stuff that I haven't gotten done in the past 11 weeks. Like dusting. I think there is a 1/2 inch layer of dust on everything. I was planning on doing some yard work, but it doesn't look like it. My daffodils and hyacinths and tulips have started to bloom, but I have yet to be able to get out there and clean out the beds.
My next quarter is going to be a bit harder. I guess that's a good thing, it will finally be challenging. Now that I got all the fluff classes out of the way, I can go on to learn something.
Still looking for a job. I have picked up the job search. It would have been nice if I could have found something and moved into it during the 2 weeks I have off. Jobs are few and far between out there. I'm really trying to avoid going back to Knoebels. It's more important to me and Bill that we get our lives back together. We are better together than apart.
Bill's job is going fine. He's been there for a year now. The current budget stuff in Harrisburg is going to affect the department he's with, but he should be fine. He really likes Mansfield and the Twin Tiers of PA/NY. And I like it too. Not my ideal place to settle, but it will work for a while. (Better than where I am now.)
The dogs are doing good. Meika will be 7 tomorrow. She is no longer shy and stand-offish. She is now into telling you when she wants something. Loudly. Eugene plays ball continuously. He now has a large ball to go with his smaller Jolly Ball (the hard plastic balls made for horses). Apparently the smaller ball is better in the snow. The bigger one is better in the mud(!).
So, live goes on. Slowly. Just taking things one day at a time, hoping something better comes along.
On the birding front: I have a gang of House Sparrows. A LARGE gang. Depending on the day, I can have 65 birds at the feeder. I also have a few Mourning Doves that come by, and of course, the pigeons. Once in a while a House Finch will come by. And this morning, I spotted a Dark-Eyed Junco flying out of the grass. I haven't seen the hawk in a while, so it must be finding food elsewhere. I live in the middle of town, and there isn't really anything to entice other birds to come to my feeders. When I do a couple of streets back, in the alley that backs up to the woods, I can hear Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, and even the occasional Thrush (not a Robin) in the summer.
Last week when I went to Mansfield, I stopped to look at a field just filled with Snow Geese. Thousands of them. And then spotted a flock of Trumpeter Swans in a flooded field. But those are the only other birds I've seen other than the daily dose of sparrows.
So, on that note, I'm off to do my taxes. (Paying the government this year, not in a rush to finish them.)
So, may your next bird be a lifer!!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
My cousin Blaise
http://blog.pennlive.com/patriotnewssports/2011/02/going_deep_blaise_alexanders_d.html
My cousin died 10 years ago in a NASCAR race. Many things have changed since then. I feel better knowing his death was not in vain. Not a single NASCAR driver has died since.
My cousin died 10 years ago in a NASCAR race. Many things have changed since then. I feel better knowing his death was not in vain. Not a single NASCAR driver has died since.
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