by Wendy | Aug 6, 2016 | Blog, Bluebird, Mountain #156, Perching, Thrushes
These spectacular Bluebirds were a bird I was really hoping to see when I was in Alberta, you could just imagine my smile when I realized the ranch I was visiting has many many brightly coloured boxes throughout the ranch. At one time the numbers were very depleted, they have made a comeback because of ranchers like the Halladay’s who took time to build and maintain many boxes.
by Wendy | Aug 5, 2016 | Blog, Plovers, Snowy Plover #160, Wetlands
Why the fake bird? Biologists are trying to establish the population on Sarasota Beach, unfortunately the local crows enjoy the eggs so a girl goes out each morning and places these decoys and eggs. The idea is that the crows eat the decoy eggs which are actually some other birds eggs. These decoy eggs have been injected with a substance that will cause the crow to vomit and not like plover eggs. hmmmm
