http://www.coopercrier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_234093306.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_234093306.html I haven’t had a bird report in awhile, but we are still enjoying our summer birds around the area. Bill and Marsha Mabie have had numerous finches, some orioles, flickers, a pair of cedar waxwings, busy little hummingbirds, among other birds. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_220095504.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_220095504.html Our garden this year is doing well, but last week was surely hard to do much in it with all the rain we received and the constant thunderstorms off and on throughout the week. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_183085806.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_183085806.html My dad and mom visited and enjoyed lunch with my sister, Donna Hatch, and children, Dillon and Jekara, in McGraw, on Monday, June 16. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:13:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_164091420.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_164091420.html The calendar says summer arrives on June 21, but with this heat (84 degrees, as I write this column on June 7) and humidity, I believe it’s already here! Now this is weird — I have one calendar that says summer begins on June 21, but in looking at another calendar, that one says June 20! So which one is right?! Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:11:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_157091227.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_157091227.html I think maybe spring is finally here to stay as our hummingbird population has now increased. We had only seen a couple of hummingbirds until last Friday, May 30, when we had at least six of them, maybe more, zipping back and forth to the feeders. They sure are busy little birds! Thu, 29 May 2008 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_150082130.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_150082130.html It looks as though the phoebe’s are returning to various areas since disappearing after last year’s April snowstorm. Thu, 15 May 2008 13:03:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_136130409.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_136130409.html If nothing else, I sure have lots of bird sightings to report this week. They started coming in last Monday, May 5, when Sharon Thompson phoned to tell me the brilliantly orange and black northern oriole had arrived. Then she excitedly called me again the next day to say she had two male rose-breasted grosbeaks. Thu, 08 May 2008 11:08:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_129110925.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_129110925.html Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! The past week has been rather cool, hasn’t it, but at least we’ve received some much-needed rain. Thu, 01 May 2008 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_122124606.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_122124606.html Our spring birds are continuing to arrive, as I was surprised to see the early arrival of our brown thrasher on April 22. We don’t usually see him until toward the end of May. I was even further surprised to spot two of them as I usually only see one each year. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:39:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_101093914.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_101093914.html I enjoyed a nice visit, via telephone, with Marion Holmes last week, and she mentioned seeing some birds that she hadn’t seen in a few years. Twice this past winter, she says, she spotted six or eight pine grosbeaks. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_087112429.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_087112429.html The calendar says Thursday, March 20, was the first day of spring, and it really wasn’t too bad of a day that day. The temperature rose to just over 30 degrees and it was quite cool out. The following day, however, was like the return of winter. Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:27:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_080103245.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_080103245.html Happy Easter to all! Spring is on the way! I heard a flock of geese on the neighbor’s pond last week, and I saw two geese fly overhead. Then on Friday, March 14, we had one red-winged blackbird in our bird feeder, and two days later, there was a grackle there eating. Our white-breasted nuthatch was back again on March 10. He was here earlier this winter and then just seemed to disappear. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:43:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_073094453.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_073094453.html Carolyn Sweeney was excited to see a bald eagle in the Middlefield area as she was en route home from work in Cooperstown on Sunday morning, March 2. She noticed it flying overhead, so she pulled over to watch as it graciously soared through the air. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_066153302.html http://www.coopercrier.com/southvalley/local_story_066153302.html Just a reminder before we start this week’s column: Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead an hour this Sunday, March 9, as Daylight Saving Time begins.