http://www.gowatchbirds.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:17:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The winter is kicking in here in Arizona. The southwest has had some very cold weather over the past few weeks.  It is supposed to warm up by the end of the week. My kids having grown up in Phoenix and still being young, four and two years old, have ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/weekend-trip-north.html I found an article the other day that demonstrates how a simple gesture can have far reaching  effect on the world around us. As anyone who has read any of my articles from the past would know, I like to find new ways to attract birds to my backyard. By ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/tube-bird-feeder.html I live in the desert southwest, Arizona, to be more specific. So it is always hot here, right? No change of seasons, right? Well yes and no. I spent my childhood and early adult life in way upstate New York. We really had a change of seasons there. Ninety degrees ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/suet-bird-feeders.html In a previous post I discussed the fact that people go through great pains to stop squirrels from eating their bird seed. The premise of my thought was that why would we stop squirrels from eating? This sounded cruel to me. Well I had several conversations with people from around the ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/what-is-a-squirrel-baffle.html I have a friend, Bobby, with an odd sense of humor. We all appreciate Bobby and his method of thinking about the world. One of the jokes he always makes is about tuna safe dolphin. He jokes, "I only eat dolphin if no tuna was harmed in the harvesting of ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/the-squirrel-proof-birdfeeder-paradox.html I found a bird watching site in Minnesota that has a plethora of links and information on bird watching. I was amazed to find Optical Links that would lead me to bird watching equipment as well as some links that I am fond of such as Purple Martin Birds. If you ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/discovery-minnesota-bird-watching-site.html Today I was surfing around the web and I came across a useful website. Buteo Books is a book store dedicated to Ornithology. If you are looking for a specific book or if you just want to browse for a specific category of books, like books about birds of pray ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/bird-watching-bookstore.html My kids started in a new pre-school this week. It was a pretty big change for the entire family. The new school is a Montessori franchise. My kids are in the same room, we are happy about that feature. We have to pack a lunch every day now, the other ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/the-ubiquitous-bird-feeder.html It is summer in Arizona again. Mid August. I am a transplant from the east coast and we never got tired of summer in New York. But we always got tired of winter. In Arizona the heat starts to ware you out around the middle of August.  And we still ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/one-more-hummingbird-feeder.html My mother-in-law is embarking on a project that many people do not do so late in life. She is getting ready to purchase her first home. The good part about waiting so long is that she is going to be able to take advantage of the first time buyers tax ... http://www.gowatchbirds.com/back-yard-garden-project.html