Flower Hill Farm Retreat https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com B&B, Retreat, Vacation Rental Flower Hill Farm in Williamsburg MA Western Mass 20 minutes outside of Northampton MA 413-268-7481 Sat, 17 May 2014 15:01:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.15 183435305 Birds in Review Part XXXV ‘A Bird Parade’ For ‘Earth Day’ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxv-a-bird-parade-for-earth-day-yellow-bellied-sapsucker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-in-review-part-xxxv-a-bird-parade-for-earth-day-yellow-bellied-sapsucker https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxv-a-bird-parade-for-earth-day-yellow-bellied-sapsucker/#respond Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:52:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxv-a-bird-parade-for-earth-day-yellow-bellied-sapsucker/ For this Earth Day I continue on with my Flower Hill Farm ‘Bird Parade’ . . . featuring birds that I have photographed here at our farm. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), a medium sized woodpecker, of the Picidae Family is the perfect bird to share, for the one day we set aside to honor […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxv-a-bird-parade-for-earth-day-yellow-bellied-sapsucker/feed/ 0 259 Birds in Review Part XXXIV ‘A Bird Parade’ Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 14:36:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/ Did you know that Juncos are actually Sparrows? I confess I did not or I should have included them in my Sparrow post. Here in the northeast we have the Slate-colored Junco (J. hyemalis hyemalis) or Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco. We all see these tidy grey and white birds flitting about on the ground in our […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiv-a-bird-parade-slate-colored-dark-eyed-junco/feed/ 1 262 Birds in Review Part XXXIII ‘A Bird Parade’ Indigo Bunting https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiii-a-bird-parade-indigo-bunting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-in-review-part-xxxiii-a-bird-parade-indigo-bunting https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiii-a-bird-parade-indigo-bunting/#respond Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:10:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiii-a-bird-parade-indigo-bunting/ Our bird parade continues on with songbirds and the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) is one of the most beautiful of songbirds.  Indigo Buntings harvest seeds and insects from the gardens and abandoned fields. They prefer a habitat with less inhabitants, but somehow do not mind my company now and then. Indigo Buntings can be seen […]

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]]> https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxiii-a-bird-parade-indigo-bunting/feed/ 0 264 Birds in Review Part XXXII ‘A Bird Parade’ Humming Jewels https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxii-a-bird-parade-humming-jewels/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birds-in-review-part-xxxii-a-bird-parade-humming-jewels https://staging.caroldukeflowers.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxii-a-bird-parade-humming-jewels/#respond Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:42:00 +0000 http://duke.itabix.com/birds-in-review-part-xxxii-a-bird-parade-humming-jewels/ In honor of the beginning of April and because they have been migrating back from Central America to many North American gardens east of the Mississippi for awhile now, I am allowing Flower Hill Farm’s Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) to get in line with the songbirds. There will be a few more songbirds featured in […]

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