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Cathie Bird

Pioneer, TN

I'm a semi-retired psychoanalytic psychotherapist in eastern Tennessee.

Interests: psychoanalysis, liberation psychologies, social and environmental justice, civil and human rights, indigenous rights, earth and life sciences, personal and planetary transformation, nature photography, Qigong, jazz, blues, other life in this solar system (and beyond)

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Scarlet Tanager

Scarlet Tanager (male) on May 19, 2023. [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2023 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Scarlet tanagers are back in the holler!

I thought I heard a scarlet tanager call when I was outside yesterday -- today, no question, they're back! Scarlet tanager male on May 19, 2023. [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted May 19, 2023 at HollerPhenology

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Trout lilies, trillium, hepatica and rue anemone are blooming in the holler!

Last week the holler had a string of freezing nights. Now it's warm again and it looks like most of the plants that were up survived the chill and have buds or open flowers: Trout lily colony, March 24, 2023. [Photo: Cathie Bird] Sharp-lobed hepatica on March 24, 2023. [Photo:... Continue reading

Posted Mar 25, 2023 at HollerPhenology

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Eastern box turtle hatchling

Eastern box turtle hatchling - March 11, 2023 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Mar 12, 2023 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Wild Turkey in the Holler

I've been waiting almost 23 years for this shot: Wild turkey hen (Meleagris gallopavo), March 11, 2023. [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2023 at HollerPhenology

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Robins? In the holler?

In all the years I've lived in the holler, I have never seen a robin in the yard around my house. At the moment I took this photo, there were four of them foraging together outside my window, eating seeds I scatter for ground feeding birds. American Robin (Turdus migratorius)... Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2023 at HollerPhenology

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Raccoons in the holler and recent spring arrival report

Last summer, two raccoons -- a mama and her baby -- started showing up around my bird feeders. The young one is now around 9-10 months old and comes by itself. The mama still comes by as well. Last week she came by earlier than usual and climbed into a... Continue reading

Posted Feb 26, 2023 at HollerPhenology

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A yellow-rumped warbler is back!

Last year I decided to include a mealworm and dried fruit mix at my platform feeders, hoping that those items (as well as suet) might attract warblers. Today I saw the first yellow-rumped warbler since November 2022. He has been hanging out near the house much of the day, visiting... Continue reading

Posted Feb 10, 2023 at HollerPhenology

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Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) male, September 23, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) male, September 23, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Eastern wood pewee

Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens), September 20, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Eastern wood-pewee [Contopus virens], September 23, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), September 23, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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White-eyed Vireo

White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus), September 19, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 26, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Two coyotes visit the holler

Coyote 1, looking for bird seed, September 8, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Coyote 2, resting in the shade, September 8, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Coyote 1, September 8, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Coyote 1, September 8, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 9, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Yesterday a coyote -- the same one I'm pretty sure I've seen in the yard before -- came back. Though it remains wary, I was able to get some good photos from my bird-watching window: Coyote (Canis latrans), September 8, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] At one point, it made eye... Continue reading

Posted Sep 9, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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Juvenile Cardinal

Juvenile Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), September 6, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 7, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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A Tennessee warbler visits the holler

On May 11th this year, Merlin identified one of the birds singing near my house as a Tennessee warbler. I tried to locate it but, as often happens by that time of the year in the holler's woods, I couldn't see the bird for the leaves. Even though it's named... Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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Tennessee Warbler

Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina), September 1, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Tennessee warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) gleaning the stem of giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida), September 1, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Sep 2, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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A northern cardinal family in the holler

Earlier this year a pair of cardinals courted here in the holler. On April 18th, I managed to get a photo of them in a courtship feeding display: A male Northern cardinal feeds his mate a seed, April 18, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Around the 15th of July, I saw... Continue reading

Posted Aug 14, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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Life in the Phlox Planter

Phlox flowers in my planter garden, August 8,2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Juvenile ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) at phlox flowers, August 2, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) feeds on phlox, July 27, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Aug 14, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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I'm seeing indigo buntings more often at my end of the holler this year

The first indigo bunting that I saw in the holler this year was a female that landed on some old milkweed stems in my planter garden. Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea) female, April 26, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] A few days later, I started seeing a male. He came back almost... Continue reading

Posted Jul 11, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) male, July 10, 2022 [Photo: Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Jul 10, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Louisiana Waterthrush in the holler

A little more than a year ago I saw my first Louisiana waterthrush. It was grooming its feathers on a branch, easily identifiable with binoculars and almost beyond reach of the camera lens I was using at the time. I felt lucky to get any kind of usable image. Louisiana... Continue reading

Posted Jul 4, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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Louisiana waterthrush

Louisiana waterthrush, June 28, 2022. [Cathie Bird] Louisiana waterthrush, June 28, 2022. [Cathie Bird] Louisiana waterthrush with an insect from my planter garden, June 29, 2022. [Cathie Bird] Continue reading

Posted Jul 3, 2022 at The View From Frog Pond Holler

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Suet thief caught in the act

Recently, I started bringing suet feeders into the house at night because they were being emptied, and probably not by birds. Most of the seed feeders had been showing signs of night raiders as well, but a few adjustments seemed to work to protect those feeders from take downs. Adjusting... Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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Young woodpeckers in the holler!

Today I saw a juvenile downy woodpecker with her mom at the suet feeder. Hairy woodpecker young have been flying around the holler since May 28th. A recently fledged hairy woodpecker gets some suet from his dad, June 2, 2022. [Photo: Cathie Bird] A young hairy woodpecker near the suet... Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2022 at HollerPhenology

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