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Birding in the Backyard (BBY): City Birds

May 5, 2024 // 0 Comments

When somebody says that they “went birding,” most people think that they: headed into the woods, or hiked out onto the marsh, or drove to a distant destination, [...]

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 [...]

BirdCam Pro FirstUse

October 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

We set up the new BirdCam Pros this week, invited our Blue Jay friends to stop by, and ran through some of the camera’s features to get a better feel for how they [...]

Urban Safari : Birdfeeding in a snowstorm

March 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

Putting out food for our feathery friends is a great way to bring some life to the RainyDayGarden during the dead of Winter. This is especially important (to the birds) [...]

First Real Snow Storm 2012

December 30, 2012 // 0 Comments

The dusting on Christmas Eve was wonderful, but it didn’t really count as a snow storm. Last night’s 2-inches of the heavy white stuff, while not significant by [...]

Cole’s Wild Bird Feed FirstUse

December 29, 2012 // 0 Comments

We got a shipment of Cole’s Wild Bird Feed for the RainyDayGarden just before the Holidays. As the temperature had been relatively warm, we had been putting out just [...]

Moon and Crackle Glass Birdfeeder

January 16, 2012 // 0 Comments

Winter has finally arrived in New England. The temperature scraped the low teens for a few days last week, and even dipped into the single digits over the weekend. To the [...]

First Frost

October 28, 2011 // 0 Comments

Bostonians woke up to frost on their windows and black ice on the ground today. The sheen will not last long, but it is a clear sign that it is time to get out the [...]

Urban Safari : FirstSnow 2010

December 27, 2010 // 0 Comments

First big storm of the season and it was a doozie. The snow was light and fluffy and the wind created some fairly good size drifts. Good thing we don’t have any plans [...]

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