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, July 8, 2010

Good and Bad

After seeing the Hummingbird in the morning, I thought perhaps they would come back later that night.  So as I was making dinner on the grill I eagerly watched all my feeders.

The only excitement were seeing two Red Tailed Hawks in my yard.  Now on one hand this was a great sighting of a beautiful bird.  So as all bird watchers know, if you have feeders out you will attract birds to your yard. Some to eat and sadly some to be eaten.

Since Hawks, and Owls are birds of prey they are most likely hanging out in my yard to eat my songbirds. 

So yes it was good from a bird watchers point of view seeing them in my yard, but since they can only be there because there is food for them in the area it was bad from the bird feeder's point of view.
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1 comment:

  1. sandyhamJuly 9, 2010 at 3:54 PM

    This is another great picture! It was nice of them to be close enough together to both fit with the viewfinder! So sorry about the hummingbird picture. I'm am sure she will be back. Keep us posted.

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