Category Archives: birds

Birds on a wire

Posted on August 13, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Or close enough… Saw this guys this week when we were visiting the Museum of Natural History. They stayed still just long enough for me to get their picture.

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Almost Heaven…

Posted on August 7, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Thanks to the librarians at West Virginia’s Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library who kept these finches — along with lots of stray birdseed — on their circulation desk to promote my visit and Canary in the Coal Mine. Apparently they’ve had … Continue reading →

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The Bird House

Posted on April 4, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

The Bird House at the National Zoo is at the end of the path, past the pandas, whose love lives are the subject of WAY too much scrutiny, and past the elephants, who just got some new, flashy digs. These … Continue reading →

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Dancing cockatoo

Posted on March 22, 2013 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Okay, so he’s not a canary. But this is clearly a bird who has found his happy place!

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