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Posts Tagged ‘birdwatching

16 May, 2014

Three cheers for the weekend

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Misc. life

… because some of us need it more than others. :) If you’re on Twitter you can follow along the birdy adventure by checking in to the #NestWatch tag. A few interesting observations that are worth noting: I watched one of the birds remove something from the nest this morning. It flew away and dropped […]

23 Apr, 2014

This lil’ mamma is right outside our window!

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Oh! Things!

Now I’m trying to think of a way we can rig up a nest cam! Updated April 23 at 5:00 p.m. to add THIS: Updated April 24 at 3:00 p.m. to add THIS: This just keeps getting better and better. This photo was taken April 25 at noon:   And this one was taken April […]

13 Mar, 2012

Spring appears in the backyard

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Ottawa

This must mean Spring is on its way

31 Oct, 2008

kitchen party interrupted by the boor who wasn’t invited

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Photography

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13 Sep, 2008

check out the big pecker we saw

Posted by: andrea tomkins In: Multimedia experiments

… right outside our house!   Share the post “check out the big pecker we saw” FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInE-mailReddit


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