Hi Jan,

Isn't that hummingbird feeder just crazy. (EEK) Every time I go to it, I see more and more bees. I think they won't let the hummers near it anymore. Sure gives me the shivers.

Hope everyone has a nice week-end.

Elaine

Good morning all.....so happy to be back for another season...are any cams working? Sidney looks like a still shot.....Laci

Laci2222 all the Sidney and DeltaOWL cams are working.
Chehalis comes up when the solar panels are recharged.

Good Morning Laci,

to the Beat. I think we are all hoping for a wonderful "Eagle" year. I just can't wait until spring. Wish I had more time but everyone is leaving early today. Hope to catch up on Monday.

Elaine

I ditto Elaine's wish to you Laci! Welcome aboard - and Elaine, you are so right - come on spring !

Jan

JKR.elaine and janet...tysm....im so excited for a new eagle season....when I go to sidney cam tho cant see any twigs or branches moving is why I thought maybe it was down....
..Thanks for warm welcome...my 1st year here was 06..so this is all our 4th year..woo hooo!!!!!!
Laci

Laci.. from another "old" beater!! We are all looking forward to another great year with Mom+Dad Sidney!

Jan...we have lots of green trees all winter...those darn Live Oaks!! In another 6 weeks or so they will shed their leaves all over the place as the new ones push them out. Then everything will be covered with charteuse colored pollen and little brown wiggly things like worms for several weeks!! I think maybe I would rather have bare trees in the winter!!

Elaine...THANKS for the lovely pics of my favorite 2 small birds!! I love them! I know blue jays are naughty birds but they sure are beautiful.

I've been busy the last couple of days following the sad, sad saga of Tai Shan and Mei Lan having to go to China...forever. Poor Mei Lan will be put into the Chinese panda "puppy mill" to breed and breed as often as possible for the rest of her life!! They even take the little ones from their Moms and they are raised by humans in nurseries like babies. There is no way they will ever be able to be released back into the wild as they don't know how to be pandas and are imprinted on humans. SOOOO what is the purpose??!!!!

Vicki...does that palm tree have a name?

Sorry for the panda rant guys!

Good Morning Everyone,

Hmm!!! We must have all took the week-end off. I tried to lay low myself as I'm still battling with this crummy cold. It's not real real bad, but just enough that I don't feel up to par.

We had a State Inspector that had retired from her job just last week. She would come and do an inspection on our apples when we needed them to be inspected. I'm really going to miss her. Anyway, she knew how much I liked the birds. In fact, she was the one that gave me the bird clock. She invited me to a bird seminar on Saturday in a town not too far away. The two ladies that ran it have nurseries of native trees and plants, but talked about birds and plants that attract them. It was very interesting and I'm hoping to visit their nurseries in the spring. They also alerted us to the yearly bird count anyone can participate in. This is for the upcoming week-end. If anyone is interested you can go to: http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/howto.html . I found the web-site quite interesting when I peeked in there this morning.

The Inspector also brought me a whole lot of magazines which she had. A lot of them were Birds and Blooms, which I loved to look at, but really need to read them when I can find some time. They also have a site you can go to if your interested. http://www.birdsandblooms.com/
This was pretty interesting also.

I also took some information on our Hancock web site with me. Hopefully anyone that is interested will join us.

Boy, it's been hard looking at the Blackwater Eagle cam. I feel so sorry for poor Mom laying in all that snow. I haven't had a chance to go to the thread today, but I sure hope the sun is shinning there.

Well, I had better get back to work. Wishing everyone a fun-filled day.


Elaine