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Do Your Neighbors Think You Are Insane?

By BirdDude on Saturday, February 25th, 2012 | No Comments

Not About Taking Out The Trash In Your Underwear Over the years, my closest neighbors have had a lot of reasons to call the paddy wagon on me. No, I’ve not taken my trash out in my underwear either. I’m talking about my fanatical obsession with feeding, watching and interacting with my backyard “crew”. From [...]

My Nightly Robin Birdbath Assault

By BirdDude on Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments

It never ceases to amaze me how smart birds can be. Most humans see them as things lucky enough to fly wherever they need to go that spend the majority of their time looking for food. While this may be true to a large extent, they are also capable of some very intelligent flock behavior. [...]

A Friend In Need

By BirdDude on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments

It was mid morning last Saturday. I was working on my computer upstairs and my wife was busy watering and pruning the plants in the front beds. I heard a sound I couldn’t quite identify and went back to work. In a few minutes, my wife called up to me that I needed to come [...]

Spending Some Time With A Cooper’s Hawk

By BirdDude on Thursday, August 21st, 2008 | 1 Comment

I had a very unusual experience yesterday. Because I feed birds in my backyard, we get an occasional visit from our friendly neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk. Our lot backs up to woods so sometimes he’s able to sneak into a tree unnoticed. Luckily for the other birds, we have a pretty well established Blue Jay alarm [...]

Welcome to The BirdOculars Site!

By BirdDude on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment

We hope you will take the time to look around and tell us what you think. We will be posting stories about our experiences with birdwatching and hope that you will take the time to pitch in your two cents. We hope you will check out our product reviews to help you find the right [...]