Saturday's Sentiments

 MALE CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS

FEMALE CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN MY BOOKS

The photographs atop this entry featuring a male and female Northern cardinal (respectively) in my rooftop garden, where they are alighting on the branches of my kiwi vines. They are two of many pictures that I took during the "bomb cyclone" (a winter storm which occurred on 1-4-2018 here in NYC).

On another note, do you notice a little house sparrow at the bottom of the second image? Under any "normal" weather conditions, these bird types do not tend to get along as evidenced by the You Tube video posted below.



I discovered the video (which is featured on a web-page for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology) when I was researching a different topic about wildbirds on the Internet.

As you can see, this clip features a "battle" of the Northern cardinal and the White-throated sparrow, but I have witnessed "battles" between an array of one type of avian species against another type, when they are spending time at my place.

Friday Follow-Up: News Re Words In Our Beak

SEE PRESS RELEASE

MY BOOK IS CARRIED BY THIS STORE

Ever since the hardcover version of Words In Our Beak Volume One, (seen in the first image atop this  entry) was published (this past November) by Ingram Spark, I've been sending out press releases to bookstores, nature centers, and speciality shops. I've also queried some stores in hopes of getting them to let me host an event re this book.

One of the places that I reached out to is book culture On Columbus (a bookstore that has a location on the UWS in NYC), near to The American Museum of Natural History. A partial view of this store can be seen in the second image atop this entry (that I found on the Internet).

I contacted them by email (with my a "copy" of press release) on 12-5-2017 and a request discuss the possibility of my doing event at their store. The other day, I heard back from the event coordinator.

Throw Back Thursday: The "bomb cyclone"

MALE CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN "WORDS IN OUR BEAK"

MALE CARDINALS ARE FEATURED IN "WORDS IN OUR BEAK"

THESE BIRD TYPES ARE FEATURED IN "WORDS IN OUR BEAK"

Throwback Thursday: It has been one week since the "bomb cyclone" hit NYC with a vengeance and photographs atop this entry feature cardinals, as well as a lone house sparrow, riding out the storm in my rooftop garden.

I've written a couple of blog entries about this which feature an array of wildbirds spending time here during the event. These posts include pictures of  a number of wild bird types, as well as cool facts re how they survived the "bomb cyclone." You can reference them by clicking here.

Wednesday's Wisdom: Let them eat suet!

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRDS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

An article by Drs. Foster & Smith Educational Staff, states "suet was once something we stocked our backyard feeders with only in the winter months. Present day suet use is much broader - and more beneficial to birds. In spring, it meets the increased energy demands of nesting birds. In the summer months, it provides a good substitute for insect-eating birds, especially in years when insects are not very plentiful. In fall, suet helps wild birds store fat to prepare for migration or the coming winter. And of course, in winter, suet replenishes depleted stores of energy and nutrients, to help birds survive the long, cold months."

Over the past few years, a number of wild birds have come to my rooftop garden for suet, including members of the Northern mockingbird community, as evidenced in the photographs atop this entry.

Tuesday's Truths (WK 70) are from The Spruce: "Fun Facts About Woodpeckers — Bird Trivia"

DOWNY WOODPECKERS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

DOWNY WOODPECKERS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

DOWNY WOODPECKERS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

DOWNY WOODPECKERS ARE FEATURED IN VOL 3

As I write this blog post for Tuesday, it's Sunday, and the temperature outside is six degrees, but it's going up to nineteen degrees, which will be up seven degrees from Saturday.

The bitter cold temperatures that we've had for a quite a number of days in a row, here in NYC, has caused the snow on the surface of my rooftop garden to freeze, which will make it difficult for me to gain access to my wreath-style bird feeder in order to replenish it with peanuts. And, as you can see from the images atop this entry, where a lone downy woodpecker is dining from it, I need to refill the wreath because my supply of peanuts has dwindled.

MONDAY'S MEMO: BRING THE SHOVEL INSIDE!

In answer to the question your posing in the comic strip (atop this entry), Snoopy, it helps that you have a shovel! I forgot to bring mine in the night before the snow (from the winter storm known as a "bomb cyclone") fell on to the surface of my rooftop garden.

My shovel was almost completely buried in snow, as evidenced in the photos directly below.

I'll be making a memo to bring it inside the next time a snowstorm is predicted.