Wild Wild Woods

Peeking into the nest box . . .  Tree Swallows lay eggs and  disguise them by sticking feathers  barb-down so the fluffy vanes curl over the...

In one of the nestboxes today, these three baby Tree Swallows wait for another meal. Two of them are 'gaping' -- opening their be...

Each day, Tree Swallows fly above the pond looking like they are doing aerial acrobats for our amazement.  In reality, they are eating -- fe...

The female Red-winged Blackbird has been constantly hunting and making frequent trips back to her nest.  This signaled to me that her egg...

One nest box in the wild wild woods is being used by Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor this year.  Yesterday there were two eggs ...

The pair of Downy Woodpeckers, seen on May 15 excavating a nest cavity in the wild wild woods, have successfully hatched their clutch of 6...

A pair of Tree Swallows Tachycineta bicolor are nesting in one of several nest boxes near the wild wild woods.  Today she laid the third ...

In a corner of the woods, hidden in one of several nest boxes, a mother Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atrcapillus feeds her young nestli...

NestWatch!  Several nest boxes are in the yard and woods, waiting for cavity-nesting birds.  Each box has a small video cam so we c...

One of the nestboxes we watch is used this Spring by House Wrens Troglodytes aedon .  Seven eggs hatched on June 8.  Today the cam recorded ...

Eastern Bluebirds hatched five babies in a nestbox near the wild wild woods.  Both parents feed them worms, flies, damselflies, and other in...

Nest cameras are ready in the wild wild woods! This is one camera's view into a wooden nest box from the inside of the roof, looking ...

The first nest we've spotted in the wild wild woods this Spring is in a nestbox.  A Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus is sit...

We are ready for the bird nesting season, with cameras giving us the possibility for a close view in 7 nestsites. This is a PVC tube conve...

The bluebird hatchlings are nearly as big as their parents, and showing off their feathers. The adults are now bringing larger and more int...

Feeding time is ever amazing in the bluebird nest box. We were watching while the female was in the box with 4 hatchlings; the male brought...

We used the plans from NestWatch to emulate a "tree snag" nestbox using a PVC t...

The wild woods adjacent to our garden is full of critters and photo opportunities. With expertise in still and video photography, Bill is m...