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February 2, 2020

Beneath the Cage Grate:The Best Toast I Never Had…

The February 2020 edition of Beneath The Cage Grate is yet another laugh-out-loud hootenanny. In this issue, we find our favorite feathered sleuth on a mission to find out why his mum is raving about her new toaster – and a very expensive loaf of bread.

IMG_20200202_130446 Drama is never far removed when Morty is zeroing in on something, and the case of his missing toast is yet another dramatic event

Catch up with Morty here to find how his latest adventure with the new toaster and pricey loaf of bread will become yet another Morty classic!

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020

Matchmaking Mayhem

It’s amazing how birds, like people, can be introverts or extroverts, and every bird seems to be quite in tune with their personality and their interactions with fellow human and birdie housemates. In February’s issue of Feathered Frenzy, Sherri identifies some important issues regarding how matchmaking and our feathered companions can be an exercise in luck – and something often more challenging.

IMG_20200202_130534 Sherri talks about how feisty Bubbles burst onto the scene in 2016 and took Zack and Chloe by storm (and shock).

This photo of Bubbles and Chloe, taken moments after they first met, tells the tale perfectly. Bubbles looks relieved to have a home and Chloe looks shocked by this blue interloper!

Catch up with Sherri’s full article on Matchmaking Mayhem for a good discussion on how birds understand human personality too, and how they use it to their advantage!

February 2, 2020

Pals of a Feather # 35 – Gray-headed Gulls — H.J. Ruiz – Avian101

Pals of a Feather # 35 Gray-headed Gulls © HJ Ruiz – Avian101

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February 2, 2020

01.02.20. Birdlog. — Frodsham Marsh Bird Blog

A big walk around the marsh produced the goods. I made my way along Brook Furlong Lane just as the shooters were commencing their activities. The sound of gun fire sent all the ducks sheltering from the keen westerly wind back to the Weaver Estuary. A flock of c200 Tufted Duck, 32 common Pochard, 12 […]

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February 2, 2020

Readers’ wildlife photos — Why Evolution Is True

Please send in your good wildlife photos (and photos of yourself for the “photos of readers” feature, which is temporarily defunct). We have two contributors today, whose captions are indented. The first comes from reader Patrick May: Here’s a whitetail doe (Odocoileus virginianus) resting in my backyard. There’s an eight-point buck who comes by every now and […]

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January 26, 2020

25.01.20. Birdlog. — Frodsham Marsh Bird Blog

I started at Rake Lane this morning and a Kingfisher sat on a sluice gate along with a Grey Wagtail wasat welcome by the Hollpool Gutter where it crosses Rake Lane. Hundreds of Pink-footed Goose passed overhead flying south after leaving the Mersey Estuary and on a much smaller scale was a female Stonechat sat […]

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January 1, 2020December 30, 2019

Cooking With Cheeks – Part 2: It’s A Birb Thing

By Lavender

cooking w cheeks ep 2 twt Cheeks follows up her December It’s A Birb Thing cooking lesson with more meal prep tips in Cooking With Cheeks: Part 2.

Every birdie will benefit from learning about these important cooking (and eating) How To’s!

Nom Nom Nom

January 1, 2020December 30, 2019

Zoom Zoom Alexa: Beneath the Cage Grate

IMG_20191230_140702 Morty’s Christmas was a success – mostly. He was of course showered with toys from Santa Claws, and his two sidekicks also received cool presents from the jolly fellow.

However, Morty is dismayed with one of his roommate’s Christmas haul – and her subsequent experimentation with her new ‘toy’.

Read Morty’s January edition of Beneath the Cage Grate and judge for yourself whether Morty’s Christmas wishes for Alexa and Roomba came true!

January 1, 2020December 30, 2019

Back to Normal… almost

Bubbles 2019 It’s officially the 2020’s and Sherri and the birdies are trying to tie a neat little bow on the Christmas just past and return to some degree of normalcy to begin the new decade.

But alas, normalcy is hard to achieve, especially after a couple of weeks of rushing around, decorating, wrapping and then opening presents, and the prep and clean ups from big dinners and visitors.

How do you and your flock return to your ‘normal’ after the holiday season? Catch up with Zack and Bubbles here to find out how they’re trying to resume their routines after a festive but hectic Christmas.

December 30, 2019

29.12.19. Birdlog. — Frodsham Marsh Bird Blog

I started my walk along Brook Furlong Lane this morning where a long deadpredated Barn Owl lay outside the pony stable. There were several Raven on the pylons and trees along the lane and then a party of Long-tailed Tit were foraging in the bushes. Out on the River Weaver were the usual Tufted Duck, […]

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