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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 [...]

RDG’s 2014 Summery Summary

October 24, 2014 // 0 Comments

Summer ended about a month ago. The weather was so pleasant this year in New England that we didn’t notice it the season changing until the autumnal colors started [...]

BirdCam Pro InTheWild

July 31, 2014 // 1 Comment

The BirdCam and BirdCam Pros from Wingscapes are weather-proof wildlife cameras/videocams. Both cameras have been set up in various sections of the RainyDayGarden for [...]

Urban Safari: Heron Hunting

May 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Urban safaris are something we started doing when we joined the Franklin Park Zoo a few years ago. Since then, we have had many “adventures,” some of them in [...]
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