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  • Popular White Breasted Nuthatch

    White Breasted Nuthatch

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    Nuthatches are addictive once you start watching them. These Nuthatchs are having too much fun with the deep tree bark of a Black Locust Tree.

  • Popular Dark Eyed Junco and Deep Forest Baby Crow Calls

    Dark Eyed Junco and Deep Forest Baby Crow Calls

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    An unusual encounter with an inquisitive Dark Eyed Junco on a trail in the remote forests of the Great Smoky Mountains and some interesting calls from birds that can't be seen - which is typical of the summer forest environment - hear but not see. Listen

  • Popular Boat Tailed Grackle Calling and Displaying

    Boat Tailed Grackle Calling and Displaying

    by Mel Added 447 Views / 0 Likes

    An underappreciated handsome bird this male Boat tailed Grackle puts on quite a show in the vast Florida marsh on a very windy spring day and does his wing flapping, bill snapping eyelid blinking routine on a piece of prime real estate.

  • Popular Cardinal Versus Blue Jay Staring Contest

    Cardinal Versus Blue Jay Staring Contest

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    Mr. Cardinal puts on his game face and totally intimidates a Blue Jay at the feeder, you can almost read the Cardinals lips/beak when the Blue Jay flinches - their faces are so expressive. Of course that is not the end of it - the Blue Jay being a sore lo

  • Popular Eastern Towhee Whistle Call - and a Bunny!

    Eastern Towhee Whistle Call - and a Bunny!

    by Mel Added 358 Views / 0 Likes

    Eastern Towhees are one of the most outgoing Backyard Birds in the Mountains of North Carolina as Ms Bunny will attest. Known for their famous "Drink Your Tea" song - they have a habit of making a high-pitched cheerful whistle call while they forage on th

  • Popular Downy Woodpecker Foraging

    Downy Woodpecker Foraging

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    Female Downy Woodpecker foraging. Sweet little Woodies they don't hold still long. Note how she is really more of a crevice hunter be it wood or rock.

  • Popular Elk Prunes Apple Tree and Mows the Yard

    Elk Prunes Apple Tree and Mows the Yard

    by Mel Added 449 Views / 0 Likes

    Believe it or not some people actually complain when an elk visits their yard, but to me its a privilege to have one of these reintroduced and once extinct (since late 18th century) creatures pay a visit and a little grass mowing, tree trimming and fertil

  • Popular Red Panda or Mutant Raccoon?

    Red Panda or Mutant Raccoon?

    by Mel Added 631 Views / 0 Likes

    This amazing creature showed up in the Backyard recently, could it possibly be a North American Red Panda thought to be extinct for 5 millions years - or more likely just about the strangest Raccoon you are ever going to see. The Red Panda and the Raccoon

  • Popular Pretty Possum

    Pretty Possum

    by Mel Added 382 Views / 0 Likes

    Can we all just agree that Virginia Opossums are just downright cute and lovable? True they have the most sharp teeth of any mammal (50) and they have huge front feet and long claws on the back for digging, but they are rare North American marsupials with

  • Popular Next Generation Of Young Squirrels Out in the Backyard!

    Next Generation Of Young Squirrels Out in the Backyard!

    by Mel Added 358 Views / 0 Likes

    The new graduates of the Backyard Youth Squirrel Academy are out and about en mass - not sure exactly how many as they don't hold still long, but something on the order of six to 8. They are out exploring the Backyard in May and generally more interested

  • Popular Northern Cardinal Kids and Dad

    Northern Cardinal Kids and Dad

    by Mel Added 417 Views / 0 Likes

    Father Cardinal is definitely suffering from the "empty nest syndrome" and is have trouble just letting go. Happy Father's Day from the Backyard!

  • Popular American Robin Parents Feeding Fledglings

    American Robin Parents Feeding Fledglings

    by Mel Added 341 Views / 0 Likes

    Robin parents feeding two (I think) of their fledglings. The baby robins jump or "flutter fall" from the next and spend their next weeks on the ground hiding in the brush and walking the yard following behind their parents. The robin families are not at a

  • Popular Wild Tom Turkey Gobble Gobble Calls with Beard

    Wild Tom Turkey Gobble Gobble Calls with Beard

    by Mel Added 563 Views / 0 Likes

    Male Turkeys or "Toms" as they are called when mature are in a breeding mindset in late April and very competitive. This Tom encountered in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge gives the classic pose and gobble-gobble-gobble call and displays a nice lo

  • Popular Young Rebel Red Squirrel Survives and Thrives After Injuries

    Young Rebel Red Squirrel Survives and Thrives After Injuries

    by Mel Added 374 Views / 0 Likes

    This young red squirrel was having trouble fitting in with squirrel society last year and was thrown off the high deck and savagely beaten. Sort of a rebel that didn't understand how to get along with the elders. We were worried about him last Fall, but h

  • Popular Mother Eastern Screech Owl Red Morph - A Meditation

    Mother Eastern Screech Owl Red Morph - A Meditation

    by Mel Added 355 Views / 0 Likes

    Mother Screech Owl spends all day watching over the nest box with her precious two surviving owlets inside. Father Screech Owl is not far away in another tree. All the hard work is over now they just rest by day and feed at night. Soon the owlets will fle

  • Popular Easter Bunny Miracle

    Easter Bunny Miracle

    by Mel Added 472 Views / 0 Likes

    A new generation of baby bunnies appears in the Backyard after many years of absence congrats to Mr. Marsh Rabbit from last year who obviously found a female Marsh Rabbit and as they say - the rest is history. There is actually not that great of forage fo

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