TOM THE TURKEY
Hi!. I'm Tom the turkey. Take a good look at me. Come November and Thanksgiving, I'll be hiding and you won't find me strutting across...
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Bruce Siebold
Mar 3, 20191 min read
HOPE FOR TOMORROW
A brutal February blizzard with twelve inches of snow and wind gusts up to 40mph pounded Eighty Acres. Drifts made the roads impassable...
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Bruce Siebold
Feb 20, 20191 min read
STORY UNTOLD
Upon an trail on Eighty Acres, I discovered scattered woodpecker feathers. I stopped, knelt and tried to piece together this woodpecker's...
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Bruce Siebold
Jan 13, 20191 min read
A Comeback Story
The early morning sun highlights the wings of an adult bald eagle visiting Eighty Acres. In 1963 the bald eagle was on the Endangered...
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Bruce Siebold
Dec 16, 20181 min read
Take a Look!
Just published. Seasons on Eighty Acres. A compendium of photos taken over 27 years that celebrates the Earth Mother's many moods and...
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Bruce Siebold
Dec 9, 20181 min read
New Book!
Just arrived! "Seasons on Eighty Acres". Over 120 pages of my favorite photos and stories celebrating each season of the year. A great...
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Bruce Siebold
Nov 11, 20181 min read
The Fence Line
Long ago the wood fence posts rotted away and the farmer's once razor sharp barbed wire is now tangled and lost in the soil and tree...
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Bruce Siebold
Jul 22, 20181 min read
Eighty Acres Neighbor
It goes by many names including: Jelly Coat, Flag Bird, Shirt Tail Bird, and the Flying Checkerboard. On Eighty Acres It is simply known...
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Bruce Siebold
Jun 17, 20181 min read
A Cock Of The Head
A click of the camera. A wary look. A cock of the head. No worry. All is well on Eighty Acres. Now back to my nyjer seeds....
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Bruce Siebold
Jun 10, 20181 min read
American Gold Finch
American Gold Finches are frequent visitors to my bird feeders where they enjoy black sunflower seeds. Finches molt twice a year. In the...
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Bruce Siebold
May 20, 20181 min read
Good Fortune
This week a bald eagle visited Eighty Acres. Native Americans believe eagles represent wisdom, strength, spirituality and good fortune....
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Bruce Siebold
May 13, 20181 min read
"It's the Truth"
Do you remember the 1946 Disney song Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah? The song reminds us to celebrate each day because there is "plenty of sunshine...
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Bruce Siebold
Dec 31, 20171 min read
Wabi-Sabi
Before the Ring Necked Pheasant died it crawled under a brush pile on Eighty Acres. The bird's colors were a majestic collage of bright...
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Bruce Siebold
Nov 5, 20171 min read
For Just One Day
The Turkey Vulture slides gracefully through the early morning light on Eighty Acres. Our eyes meet as we silently acknowledge and...
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Bruce Siebold
Aug 6, 20171 min read
Gifts Each Creature Brings To The World
Birds like the Indigo Bunting generally put me in a wild dash for my camera and a prayer that I am able to capture it's beauty before it...
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Bruce Siebold
Jul 23, 20171 min read
An SOS For Help?
After 25 years Eighty Acres is now home to a pair of red-headed woodpeckers. Once common across southern Canada and east-central United...
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Bruce Siebold
Jul 2, 20171 min read
Thanked Me With A Song
Washing the dust from its wings, the sparrow slipped into the cool waters in an Eighty Acres' bird bath. It twisted, shook and danced...
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Bruce Siebold
Jun 21, 20171 min read
Fast Mover
The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have recently migrated back from Central America. They weigh 3-4 grams, less than the weight of a nickel...
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Bruce Siebold
May 7, 20171 min read
Sweet Tooth
This week the flame orange and black Baltimore Orioles are returning to Eighty Acres from their winter home in Central America. The...
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Bruce Siebold
Apr 30, 20171 min read
Red-tailed Hawk Visit
Recently on a cool and rainy afternoon, this red-tailed hawk landed on a birch tree located just outside my window on Eighty Acres. We...
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