by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | Bird Feeder Survey, The Sandpiper
Feeder Survey NOV/DEC 2022 The Yellow-shafted Flicker, a large member of the woodpecker family is one of my favorite birds and it made January 1, 2023 a great start to my new year when I had a rare (for me) sight of one scarfing down the suet at my feeder. The...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | The Sandpiper
Chickadees I have often lamented in these pages of my sad loss of backyard birds when my neighbor destroyed the wonderful habitat of the half acre yard next door to me by cutting down all the trees. It was a great loss. (see this month’s “Letter to an Environmental...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | The Sandpiper
The Northern Harrier The Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius, is a species of raptor which inhabits both inland and coastal marshlands. When I first started birding back in the late 1960’s, it was called the Marsh Hawk, Circus cyaneus. This bird could be seen...
by admin | Feb 16, 2023 | The Sandpiper
President’s Message Spring 2023 Hello my little birding friends! Hope this newsletter finds you well and enjoying the birds. I’ve had quite a few different birds at my feeder this winter and a Coopers hawk swarms by a few times a week. All the birds disappear! In the...
by admin | Feb 15, 2023 | The Sandpiper
Bald Eagles are Raising Their Young in Nests The Size of Hot Tubs  Bald eagles around the country are raising young this spring and people watching them, in person or via live-cams, might wonder just how large are those nests? An answer is provided in a...
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