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!

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Apartment Birding

So when life give you lemon's you are supposed to make lemonade, so since I do love lemonade, I thought I'd try some apartment birding to see if I can attract any birds to my deck.

So I found one of my teacup feeders that I made and filled it with bird food. 
I placed it on a table on my deck, and I also purchased a Finch sock filled with Nyjer seed and hung it over my railing.

So, as you can see no nearby trees for the birds to hide in so not sure if I will get any takers on my bird feeders, but a girl can try.



So I have a perfect view of the feeders from my living room and from my kitchen window.  I will let you know if any of our feathered friends stop by for a bite.



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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

2013 Backyard Birding in Smithtown

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Where oh where have the birder's gone???

I must say it has been much too long since San and I have not only gone birding but also a long time since we've blogged about it.

Our 'Birding Mission Statement' clearly says that the blog was to help us spend quality time together doing something we both love to do and that is bird watching.

As everyone knows my life has been topsy turvy for the past 3 years so I know I must take my share of the blame for not having the time to get together.

San and I have allowed life to get in the way of what we love to do.  We just so happen to have a calling (hobby) for something that requires time and usually it has to be a specific time if you want to see the birds when they are most likely to be there.

So now that I live in an apartment complex I no longer have any bird feeders to invite the birds to me so this especially will call for an concerted effort on my part if I want to see any birds.  It was very hard for me to give away all my bird feeders to fellow birders but at least they are all being put to use.

I saved one Hummingbird feeder that I will attempt to hang on my deck this summer, but it is not likely they will come this close to population but a girl can dream.

So San let's officially make 2014 the year of the Bird.  See you out there!


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