{"id":443,"date":"2016-03-21T18:24:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2016-03-21T18:24:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T18:24:29","slug":"american-crows-building-a-nest-plus-a-few-other-goodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplechickadee.com\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"American Crows building a nest, plus a few other goodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am REALLY excited that I just discovered a pair of American Crows building a nest in our back woods. One crow flew over the yard with sticks in its mouth, and I watched as it landed in the “V” of a tree in the back. I was happily surprised to see that it was building a nest. The sticks were deposited, and the crow flew off but soon returned with more sticks. Then the second crow flew in. Here are a few photos that were taken at 18x zoom and then cropped. They are quite far back in the woods:<\/p>\n

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A few weekends ago, I was able to snap a few photos of the Goldfinches at our feeders showing how they are starting to molt:<\/p>\n

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And finally, GROUNDHOG alert!!<\/p>\n

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