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Fujinon 10×42 KF M Binoculars – FirstLook

January 14, 2017 // 2 Comments

Many people do not typically associate Winter with bird-watching, but the activity can be quite spectacular for those willing to brave the weather! We did just that a few [...]

Urban Safari : Herons at Millennium Park

May 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Boston is an urban city with a lot of nature within its boundaries it. Places like the Emerald Necklace and the Arnold Arboretum are well known, but others, like Millennium [...]

Urban Safari : Red Tail Hawk on Cummins

March 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Across the way from us on Cummins Highway are a few tall evergreens. Every so often, a hawk would perch on the very top and survey the area looking for its next meal. The [...]

Urban Safari : Birdblind in Wenham

February 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

We went and spent the day at photographer Andrew Martinez and Candy’s place in Wenham. Carolyn wanted to pick Candy’s brain about something and others wanted [...]

Still snowing and blowing…

February 15, 2015 // 1 Comment

With the snow falling as fast as the plows can clear things, the nuthatch, like us, has decided it’s best to just curled up inside with some snacks and survey the [...]

Birdfeeding In A Blizzard

January 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

When the huge Nor’easter was barreling down on Boston a few days ago, we thought it best to put out some extra bird food (Cole’s Hot Meats, Blue Ribbon Blend). [...]

RainyDayGiftGuide 2014 : Books

December 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

eBooks  may be the future, but there will always be a place for physical books on our shelves. The reason is not just that a physical book doesn’t need batteries, [...]

Starlings at the feeder

December 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

Got some shots of the starling at the window feeder this morning. Unlike the Blue Jays, the starling seems to be happy to share the food with the sparrows. The only problem [...]

Black-capped Chickadee

December 8, 2014 // 0 Comments

A new visitor stopped by the RainyDayGarden window feeder today…. a Black-capped Chickadee (there were two, but we only got one in this pic)!!! Note the frozen floor of [...]

RDG Winter Prep

October 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

When the leaves start falling, it is a signal for the RainyDayGarden crew to go into prep mode for Winter. We have to make sure we have plenty of bird seed, put away all the [...]
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