Follow HollerPhenology, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/hollerphenology Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:09:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbcur0PZrLolOl3Mq2h3ehXEp Most of yesterday I was online for a webinar and took a couple of breaks to squeeze in bird counts for eBird's October Big Day. I hadn't seen any phoebes in the holler for awhile. They aren't the flashiest birds around, but they have a quiet, elegant presence that never...]]> Sun, 10 Oct 2021 18:31:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbcur0PZrLolOl3Mq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbctDe3uq6AIJbvnNuMIJyU22 Today I saw my first ever American redstart female and got my first photo of this species as well. Here she is: American redstart (female) on May 12, 2021. [Photo: Cathie Bird]]]> Wed, 12 May 2021 19:42:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbctDe3uq6AIJbvnNuMIJyU22 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbctDe3uq6AIJbiRFMxTa8z4W I have seen scarlet tanagers in this general area occasionally, but not close to my house. Today a male tanager visited a suet feeder: Scarlet Tanager (male), April 26, 2021 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Scarlet Tanager (male), 4/26/21 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Scarlet Tanager and Downy Woodpecker, 4/26/21 [Photo: Cathie Bird]]]> Mon, 26 Apr 2021 19:58:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbctDe3uq6AIJbiRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbctDe3uq6AIJblT72x6uxjiK I observed courtship among holler birds beginning in mid-February this year -- first with northern cardinals, then doves and Carolina wrens -- but activity has intensified over the past few weeks. My observations of breeding behavior among birds had been comparatively limited before I started maintaining feeders -- mainly songs,...]]> Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:52:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/M9zNR-2lbctDe3uq6AIJblT72x6uxjiK