Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Twig Nest

We were working in the yard over the weekend when I happened to notice this fairly large twig nest.  We have been watching the nest off and on, but we can't identify who lives there.

It has been a few days now, and we still haven't seen a bird near the nest.  My husband wants to believe that it is an owl nest.  According to what I've read about Great Horned Owl, they can nest in a variety of sites including old stick nests of other birds (similar to the one pictured here).  They apparently do not build their own nests.  So my husband and I decided to put up our own Owl nest in our yard and see what happens.

When we first moved into our house, our oldest son was buzzed one night by an owl in our yard.  So we know they are close by.  We will keep everyone posted.
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