Hurry up Mr. Robin

Had to laugh yesterday as all these birds were congregated around the birdbath waiting for this Robin to finish up. Geez, can't a Robin have any privacy?!

Starling is a ladies man

It's alway nice to see a Starling take a bath and try to impress "the ladies."

"Come here often?"

Felix & Oscar

The rose-breasted grosbeak on the left is Felix and the one on the right is Oscar. This is how I imagined their conversation:

Felix: "Oscar, what's going on here? Your hair is a mess and the bird feeder is a mess!"

Oscar: "So what are you trying to say?" Snicker, snicker.

Someone is a little hungry

This female Grosbeak definitely had a beakful of seeds on this day!

Juvenile Bald Eagle

When the hubby and I were out fishing, we could hear the blue jay making a racket in the trees on the shoreline. Shortly thereafter, two juvenile eagles flew out - I'm sure because the blue jay was annoying them. They were so fast that I could only catch a photo of one of them in flight.

My other bird friends

I've been neglecting my other bird friends up at our Log Cabin. As KJ noted, I'm becoming a "LOONATIC!"


"Shelley, we think you are spending too much time on the Loons!"

"Hello! How about me over here? I'm as handsome as those Loons!"

"Don't worry kids, she loves us too much. She'll be back!"

A Loon Ranger Story

Had to share this amazing story from the March 2008 Loon Echoes newsletter from Joanne C. Williams at Michigan Loonwatch.It seems as Loon Rangers observe the same Loons frequently, keeping a careful distance and not disturbing them - that the Loon will begin to trust you. They seem to understand that they are not in danger from the Loon Rangers.

One Loon came to a Ranger's cottage for its' chick that was in trouble. "They act much as a cat or dog would when wanting someone to follow them, calling to win attention and then moving away and returning in a gesture that seemed to say 'Please follow.' When the Ranger did, he found "a chick was struggling hard to stay afloat while being caught and pulled down by something under the water. The Ranger lifted the chick out and found a small turtle holding onto the little bird's foot. The young one was freed and returned to the parents waiting only three feet away."

I was not only touched by the Loon Ranger's dedication to helping the Loon, but by the devotion and sophistication of the Loon parents to seek help.