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Comments (21)The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. My last post was in the excitement of the moment, this one is not so happy. My office is in a back bedroom looking out over the lake and part of my garden. I had not mentioned this but earlier today I'd also seen a female duck out on the lake with 6-7 baby ducklings. I think everyone knows where this is going...a few minutes ago I noticed the female duck up in the backyard with only three babies. I went out to the back of my elevated pool deck for a look see and unfortunately off to the side in the water was the otter, eating two dead baby ducks. Nature can be wonderful but sometimes the realities of life can also be cruel.... Tom...See MoreOdd bird
Comments (5)Ah, that's it Rosie. Mine looks very much like the picture marked Illustration and less like the actual photographs. It's the only bird I've seen so far that hops around in the garden among the plants picking away at the ground. And it is the size of a full grown robin. It doesn't seem to have a partner. It's the only one I've ever seen. Doesn't come around until evening either. Hank...See MoreA very, very odd thing
Comments (2)I'm picturing a very bored giraffe.... Are there any kind of droppings on the ground under your trellis? Is the sawdust there or has something taken it? I wonder if there is some kind of rodent common to your area that might line a nest with wood chips or sawdust. If you have any vacation days left, you are going to have to place yourself on stakeout, because we really hate a mystery we can't solve here.......See MoreUnidentified Red Bird in Massachusetts
Comments (3)Since posting, I've been informed that for cardinals, blue jays and a few other birds, going bald is a normal part of their molting process. Whereas for most birds, molting is a process where a few feathers are lost and replaced at a time, many cardinals -- though not all -- for some unknown reason tend to lose all the feathers on their heads at once, resulting in a temporarily very odd looking bird....See Moreskibby (zone 4 Vermont)
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