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Happy Thanksgiving from BirdsofNewEngland.com
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Enjoy your holiday everyone, and stay safe! I’m thankful for all your support of http://www.birdsofnewengland.com
House sparrow video from avibirds.com
I heard from Mark from avibirds.com and he asked if I’d be interested in sharing his video on house sparrows. Of course, I would. It’s a short and informative video on one of our most common and overlooked birds. Check out www.avibirds.com for other videos, photos and bird profiles.
Siskin and others
I never did post this photo of a siskin that visited a few weeks ago. It showed up on the same day that the purple finch did. The finch stayed for only about an hour, while this siskin remained for a few days before disappearing. Here’s the story regarding those visits.
Here are a few more recent shots from this fall …
A few additions to “Bird Books for Sale”
In case you missed the post last week, there is now a collection of bird books for sale on this site. There is only one copy of each book as I’m cleaning house and want the books to go to a good home. I’ve added a few books, including a few field guides that would make a valuable addition to any bird book collection. I’ve searched for each book elsewhere online and lowered the price substantially on each title. Find the page here, or click on “Bird Books for Sale” on the menu at the top of this page.
Need bird books?
As a new feature to http://www.birdsofnewengland.com, I am offering several birding or nature books for sale. They are gently used books that I have enjoyed and want to pass on to a good, nature-loving home, hence the low prices. Prices include cost of shipping. There is only one copy of each book. Once it is purchased, I will delete the listing. Just in time for winter, Christmas and the next round of quarantine.
Some of the prices may seem high, but I took the lowest Amazon price and shaved off several dollars. I believe some of the books are out of print, which is why they are selling for so much.
Click on “Bird books for sale” in the top menu, or click here: https://birdsofnewengland.com/bird-books-for-sale/
For the Birds: Migrating white-breasted nuthatches
A white-breasted nuthatch perches on a branch in New England, fall 2019.
Have you noticed an exceptional number of white-breasted nuthatches at your feeders this fall? If so, you’re not alone and migration is the likely reason.
We don’t typically think of white-breasted nuthatches as migratory birds. They are reliable backyard feeder birds and year-round residents, just like chickadees and tufted titmice. Do they really migrate?
I’ll get to a recent article that describes the white-breasted nuthatch’s irregular migration Continue reading
Fiesty nuthatch with fiery background
Here’s a scary, fall-themed bird photo to kick off your Halloween.
This white-breasted nuthatch was not in a sharing mood with the surrounding tufted titmice. Click here for a recent For the Birds column regarding white-breasted nuthatches and migration.
Feeder birds with New England fall backdrop II
Here’s part II of my fall feeder birds of New England post. Click here for the original post.
Update on the tomato hornworm
Here’s a quick update on the tomato hornworm I wrote about a few weeks ago. As you can see from the above photo, it didn’t get any better for the tomato hornworm, the caterpillar of the five-spotted sphinx moth. I was pulling some of the dying tomato plants out of the garden the other day when I noticed this scene on a bunch of small pear tomatoes. As you can see, some of the wasp cocoons are empty now as the wasps completed their cycle and flew off into the world.
Confused? Here’s the original story.
Here’s what the caterpillar looked like a few weeks ago:
Birds of New England.com 