Mackenzie enjoyed her swim today! Boy was it a hot one!
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May
You have to love this time of the year! Lots of Pollen today!
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Visitors
Visitors
By: Pat Coate
I work out of my home and have an office in the basement. I have had quite a few visitors over the years at my office window, but these are by far my favorite. Other visitors have included a ground hog and a mouse. My window is also on the regular patrol route of the neighbor’s cat – whom I really didn’t want coming by with this little one stuck in the window well.
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Baby Mergansers
Common Merganser mom and babies
Today found a mother Merganser walking her babies down a drainage ditch. Mom quickly flew when I first saw them and babies followed (see following videos from my iPhone)
Budding Birders – Florida: The Final Chapter
Alligator
By: Pat Coate
This is the last posting on my nieces’ and nephew’s trip to Vero Beach, Florida in early April. I had taken a similar trip the prior year and had pictures of many of the animals they saw while visiting. The kids liked seeing all the birds that they don’t get to see at home. And they really liked seeing the gators.
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Happy Mothers Day
Happy Mothers Day Everyone because we all know your job is never done!
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Willet at Red House Lake
Willet
On Monday (May 3rd) during my daily walk around Red House Lake with Mackenzie (dog) . . . we encountered 17 Willets (CHECK- first of the year) hanging out on the beach. This is my first time every seeing Willets within Allegany State Park.
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Budding Birders – Florida Part 2 (Ospreys)
Osprey
By: Pat Coate
While in Florida, my sister and her family got to go on an airboat ride near Vero Beach. The kids really liked seeing the osprey since they got to see them up close, with fish and with their babies. During the breeding season the male does the hunting for food and brings the fish to his mate and the offspring. He will often chow down on some of the fish before bringing it to the nest.
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Yellow Warbler
Honestly . . . the yellow warbler is louder than all the other bird! No complaints, its just harder to identify the other birds hearing “Sweet-sweet-sweet-im-so-sweet” every two seconds!~!
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Todays Butterflies
Gray Comma
I had lots of butterflies flying around today. Gray Comma (CHECK), Tiger Swallowtail (CHECK), Juvenal Dusywing (CHECK) . . . . all first of the years today. The Clouded Sulphur, West Virginia White, Eastern Comma and Spring Azure have been seen previously.
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