9:48 landing  DC

That was sweet Bobbie, yes, imagine?

Yesterday we assisted with capturing a lone peking duck and a flightless canada goose from a completely frozen small local pond . The night before at least 1 fox and some racoons caught and killed 6 other dumped peking ducks that were defenseless with no open water to retreat to for safety . Sadly many of these ducks die from starving or domestic pet attacks yearly after they are no longer wanted and no permanent homes can be found for them leaving them to be abandoned at the closest body of water that can be found. The goose has a birth condition known as angel wing which causes developmental issues on wing feathers leaving them flightless but able to survive in a decent setting . It was not a pretty sight dead bodies and blood on the ice where they were chased and killed late Saturday night but scenes like this could be prevented if the unnecessary raising of these poor birds was controlled somehow. The goose was released as you can see in another larger pond where other waterfowl can survive as it always has open water despite the coldest of temperatures . The surviving peking duck will be held until it can find a new safe permanent home.



Footprints of the fox chasing the ducks in the light snow covering the frozen pond.   

He's so cute, so glad he's near by! Thanks Carol.

Whatever....LOL  Thanks!

From the youtube page...

Published on Jan 28, 2013

18 Jan 2013 at 0843. Intruding falcon gets mobbed. The story in short: An unknown, un-ringed intruding falcon came to the box at 0843. Note the very speckled breast, unlike the resident female. After a while she was aggressively mobbed [0:30], most likely by a resident bird although the flybys are so fast that even using video at 25 frames per second an accurate idenification could not be made. The intruder eventually left the box and a couple of hours later the original pair returned to do a bit of pair bonding. All calm at the moment, but who knows for how long. These diputes for territory are natural and nature will take its course. This activity may indicate that peregrines are starting to establish nesting sites ready for the new season. www.hawkandowl.org

 

Thanks Ei!

http://youtu.be/Me515-CP_Sc  Lucy & Larry

Anyone can enter this contest. All you need is a camera    and some      subjects. Send in your best shot and people vote. So many entries but look....MAK won!! Contest runs from June 9, 2012-June 9, 2013. You can win twice and that's it. Have a go at it. I won't, my pics stink but I'll vote. One winner per week. 20 lbs of seed ain't peanuts!! Good luck!! 

https://www.facebook.com/PenningtonBirds?v=app_392052087523533&app_data=gaReferrerOverride%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.facebook.com%252F Go here to enter.

What's the outcome from all this??? I checked today but nothing at nest! 

Another beautiful Cardinal wins our weekly photo contest! Margaret Kurtz earned 10 votes (and a free bag of Pennington Feed) for this shot of a Cardinal by her window feeder.

20lbs of birdseed coming your way!!    


Contest by Pennington Wild Bird Feed

http://youtu.be/quzjuyomY9Y  Way cute!

A bit of snow has fallen, look for tracks! 

 



from fb

http://www.wittmanairport.com/2013/01/wittman-regional-airport-relocates-two-snowy-owls/#comments

When birds and airplanes meet in airport airspace, the outcome isn’t good for either of them, so the staff at Wittman Regional Airport keeps a sharp eye out for newcomers, like two snowy owls that arrived just before Christmas.   

http://youtu.be/IBnLzjLhks8  Spark tries to eat frozen leftovers