First Chickadee Chicks 2009

If you look hard you can see the two baby chickadees that hatched today, May 5, 2009, in Kip's Birdhouse.

First Baby Bluebird 2009

Kip's First BB of 2009

Night Cam still on but Baby bluebird #1 is here! 7:50 am EDT April 28, 2009

At least two


Feeding time

All four hatched -- now I can go to work


Now I am convinced there are five! May 1, 2009





Getting Bigger May 4, 2009

Pine Sisikins

The pine siskins have overtaken the feeders at my cabin so I spend my time not bird watching in real time, but watching Kip's birds 5 miles away via the internet!

Bumblebee in bluebird nest

Chickadee eggs


Bumblebee and Bluebird eggs

Bluebirds and chickadees

Double Decker mourning dove and American goldfinch

Two Carolina chickadee eggs

Mom chickadee

Beautiful bluebird mom on 5 eggs

April Snow

Downy wookpecker in April snow (pretty sure it is downy)



Give me a red bellied woodpecker any day -- easy to id!

Red-bellied Woodpecker vs. mourning dove

Standoff between red bellied woodpecker and the blue jay. The woodpecker won!

Brown-headed nuthatch

I've been wanting to see Kip's brown-headed nuthatch and finally got it!