Angry and Agitated About Accipiters!

Bob the Coop says "WHAT!!"

I am unable to be kept accountable for the inaccurate accounts of the avifauna we call Accipiters as my ability to accidentally identify them is abysmal. I have now accomplished my alliteration assault and shall not assail you any, aaahhhh, more. Ack.

Coop?

Coop again?

Oh, great. Spread your stoopid wings and hide your tail.
Like it's not hard enough already to figure you out!

This is my first Accipiter shot from 2004...Coop or no?

This was the first of our semi-annual Cooper's Hawk
Thanksgiving Dinners!

This is also in our front garden.
He was late for Thanksgiving, but he showed up for Christmas.
He's looking for his gift...

This was Christmas Day 2009.
He was so polite to wait at the French Cafe in our back garden for his meal.

Amazing, this is the day after Christmas last year!
Everyone should have a Holiday Hawk!

My favorite Sharp-tailed from a few posts ago.
Once again keeping the inventory in control at the feeders!

One more European Starling down the hatch!
We saw this guy in a heavy rain while visiting a friend in Chicago.

Even he's angry about his identity!

This is the no longer hungry Sharpie from a few weeks ago.
All of the birdies can relax and go about their business now...

It's not that I like this photo, I just didn't realize I added it twice and I'm too lazy to delete it.
I could have just left it here without saying anything to give you something to comment on, but I thought it would be more interesting to leave it in and make a comment on my own about the fact that this is here twice and on top of that it's a little fuzzy, do to the fact that it was kind of far away and I can be quite the crappy photographer when I feel the mood strike, speaking of striking, I sure am glad this guy didn't strike me, it could have scratched my lens not to mention damaging my hat or the little hair that is still clinging on for dear life on top of my tete.
Okay, I'm done...for now.
Yeah, done...

Oops. Did I do it again? Gosh, can you believe that I would do that twice in a single post? It's like I have nothing else to post today so I'm filling up space with my rambling nonsense about these wacky Accipiters and how their identities make me angry and agitated.
Oh, there I go again. I'm sorry. I'll stop now. Really, I will. Okay, now. Or now. How about NOW.

Boy, I can get some real doosies, huh?

No Signs of Spring...

Accipiter. From Behind.
Sharpie or Cooper's?

No signs of "Spring" here! Fine. Go through my last post again and click on the landscape pics. NOW do you see the signs of "SPRING?" I try so hard sometimes...maybe too hard. Don't worry, I'll soon find something new to torment you with! MWA-HA-HA-HA!!!

So, where were we? Oh yes, Wildwood Preserve Metropark in Toledo. This preserve was formely the estate of Robert Stranahan, the founder of the Champion Spark Plug Company.
Now it's a gorgeous place for birding with good trails, feeders, boardwalks and historical buildings...but no springs...

Now I know why so many birds were roosting close to this guy.
I wonder who he had for lunch...

Feeders galore for the birds.
The Doodles eats seeds, being a veggie head.
I had to drag her away.
Silly girl.
I want a hamburger.

This is a boardwalk.
We didn't walk on it.
But you can walk on it.
Maybe with a little less snow you could walk on it.
Or not...

No, this Blue Jay wasn't singing.
He was flipping little seed bits in the air, then catching them.
Blue Jays are show offs.

This is a tree with a hole in it.
There's nothing in that hole.
You can check if you want.
Told ya.

Tufted Titmouse...still a funny name.
He's angry that I laughed at his name.
He is also angry because I tried to steal his peanut.
I was hungry...

So many jokes about nuts...the Doodles said NO!
Censors...sheesh...

Fine, the Squirrel didn't think it was funny either...

Downy Woodpecker.
I've been grounded by the Doodles.

Good night, I have to go to my room now.

Signs of Spring!

You knew, somewhere in the back of your mind, that this was going to happen!

The February thaw came at last...at least a little bit of a thaw. Me and the Doodles were just being lazy at the BirdMobile and thought we could feel a little more 'spring' in our step. So, off we went, on another adventure to see if we could find any signs of spring out there. We stopped at Northwood's Nature Trails Park, always a good place for a walk...

AND! We found a few signs of spring...it wasn't easy either...but I do these things for you...really.

A pair of American Tree Sparrows showing their utter disgust for me.

Don't turn your back on me! I'm just looking for signs of spring!

Horned Larks frolicking in the snow?
I don't think that's a sign...

We don't see these guys very often...
It'll be even less often if they keep playing in the street!

Oh, there's a sign of spring!
Buds on the trees!

Bald Eagles are busy with their nests...and their eggs!
Except for this guy...he's making a grocery run.

This is the Doodles being patient.
For "Birthentines"* day, she got to pick where we went, though she still had to put up with me.
*Birthentines is the combination of her birthday and Valentines day which fall way too close together!

Spring is coming up almost everywhere you look!
Sometimes you have to look really hard!

No, this photo isn't sideways OR upside down!
It's a Red-breasted Nuthatch and they're just a little screwy.

Poor Squirrely, he's gotta eat leaves for lunch.

Well, I still think spring is in the air!
And I have the photos to prove it!
So there.

The end.


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