Category Archives: Animals

Less than 24 hours after putting up a new hummingbird feeder, we have this: This one is from a little later in the day: We’ve got a lot of birds visiting our yard these days, so much so that we’ve … Continue reading →

Just a quick update about the family of house finches we’ve had on our front door wreath: the babies have fledged!  This previous Tuesday, we chanced a peek into the nest and saw a little face peeking back at us: … Continue reading →

My new camera came through for me big time!  We’ve been pretty convinced that our avian houseguests (wreathguests?) are house finches, but I hadn’t been able to get a picture to confirm it until this afternoon.  The papa bird was … Continue reading →

Well, we’ve got a bird family!  A couple of weeks ago, the fiancée noticed that birds had started building a nest in the wreath on the front door of the house.  We started to take it down before they settled … Continue reading →

There was one other event at the rapidly-receding-into-the-past ScienceOnline 09 that I wanted to blog about: my visit to the Duke Lemur Center!  Friday was a day for local trips to areas of interest, and I opted to go with … Continue reading →

I’m using the day as an opportunity to get some work done on my textbook.  We managed to eat our Thanksgiving dinner without kitten interference, as they were too tired to notice.  Later, however, the fiancée got up to make … Continue reading →

I interrupt my regularly scheduled blogging for a sweet picture of the kitties at home: They are stacked in inverse order of authority: Sasha on the lowest step, Sabrina up a step, and Simon on the landing.  Zoe, as always, … Continue reading →