Tag Archives: chickadees

Magnolia blossoms (and aggressive sparrows)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Katherine Wikoff

Our magnolia is in that transition between buds and leaves.  So many springs we hit the flowering stage just in time for stormy weather to send the blossoms pelting to the ground before we’re able to enjoy them.  When it started … Continue reading →

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Holing up for winter

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

A few months ago I wrote some posts (here, here, and here) about the chickadees and woodpeckers that nested in our magnolia and silver maple trees, respectively.  Just the mere act of writing about these birds (and videorecording them) has … Continue reading →

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Leaving the nest

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

One of the baby chickadees left the nest early this morning, around 5:30 a.m.  (See video of the nest I shot about a month ago here.) Shortly after letting the dogs back in, I glanced out the kitchen window and … Continue reading →

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My little chickadees

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Katherine Wikoff

A pair of chickadees has taken up residence in a knothole in the magnolia tree just outside our kitchen window.  That hole in the tree didn’t always exist.  It was just a burled scar where a tree branch had been … Continue reading →

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