Past Posts
River Lady follows these blogs.
- Witches of the Craft Witchcraft for the 21st Century.
- Stevie Ray's Blog A cool Australian Shephard, who’s blind, living on the Concord River!
- The Domestic Witch Great information about Feng Shui and your home.
- Trash Paddler A paddler who breaks for trash.
- Cool blog about snapping turtles!
- Dear Kitty, Some Blog A blog about animals, peace and war, social justice and so much more. Check it out!
Tag Archives: animals
What is essential?
How does one determine what is and isn’t essential? Consider this caterpillar; is it essential? It’s a cool caterpillar that lives in oak leaf litter. It flips over to show its pinkish-purple belly, thus playing dead. Eventually it will finish … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged animals, birds, Blogger, blogs, bluebirds, buffer zones on rivers, Catocala ilia, COVID-19, cutting down trees, cutting trees along a river, essential, FOX News, gardening, Gardens, great blogs about nature, groundhogs, hummingbirds, insects, jet skis, Mallard ducklings, mother nature, nature, neighbor cutting down trees, nonessential, oak trees, photography, songbirds, Tucker Carlson, Underwing moth, virus, wildlife, wildlife blogs
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Death on the Nile
Okay, it’s not really the Nile, it’s the Concord River, but my river does flow north, just like the Nile, and I have been watching past episodes of Poirot, the British mystery drama, and there has been a death, so, … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged Agatha Christie, animals, concord river, David Suchet, Death on the Nile, ducklings, Hercule Poirot, keeping animals safe, mystery books, Persians, River Lady, slow down for animals, snapping turtle, Spartans, speeding, The Battle of Thermopylae, turtles, wildlife, YouTube videos of baby animals
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The Lusty Month of May is Here!
It’s the merry, merry, lusty month of May. The month when naughty thoughts run wild and maidens swoon for strong men with pirate grins. My, my, I just might need a cold shower in a moment. For those of us … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged animals, Beltane 2020, birds, Blogger, blogs about wildlife, bluebirds, coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown, covidiots, don't count the days, make the days count, may day, May pole, pagan celebrations, social distancing, Valborg, wildlife blog, wildlife photography
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That Which Shall Not Be Named
This blog post is not about that which shall not be named. You know what I’m referring to. No, not him. You know. Yes, that! I’m not going to blog about it. I’m not going to name it. I’m not … Continue reading
Be Counted
No, I’m not referring to the US Census. Being counted refers to joining the The Great Backyard Bird Count. And super easy. Plus you can do your counting in your jammies with bed-head hair if you’re so inclined. Join at: … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged animals, Audubon, Blogger, blogs, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, death of a sibling, depression, Eastern Bluebirds, feeding songbirds, Great Backyard Bird Count, great nature blogs, grief and grieving, life on a river, lose of a sister, losing someone to cancer, ovarian cancer, photography, Project FeederWatch, songbirds, wildlife on the Concord River, wildlife photography
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Bleak
The circle of life can be a very bleak circle. Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged 2019 duck hunting, American eagles, animals, Billerica MA, bleakness, Blogger, blogs, depression, duck hunting in billerica, grief and mourning, hunting regulations, loss and death, Mass Fish and Wildlife, migration, mourning the death of my sister, ovarian cancer, photography, sisters
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Hey Buddy, can you spare some food?
Nearly 3 Billion Birds Gone Since 1970 According to a new study published online in September by the journal Science, wild bird populations in the continental U.S. and Canada have declined by almost 30% since 1970. Far from Passenger Pigeons, once … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged all about birds, American eagles, animals, bird feeders, blog about wildlife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell labs, deforestation, feeding songbirds, great backyard bird count 2020, help birds, mother nature, nature blogs, nature photography, nearly 3 billion birds gone since 1970, photography, River Lady, save the birds, seven simple actions to help birds, sunflower seed, tinthia clemant
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Stop playing games with my head!
I’m referring to Old Man Time. He’s messing with my head again and I want him to stop! “Old man time, he’s so mean; Meanest man you’ve ever seen.” (Lyrics from the song.) And he’ll play tricks with your mind, … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged animals, birds, blog about life, Blogger, blogs, butterflies, crickets, ducks, end of summer, hawks of massachusetts, herons, hummingbirds, painted turtles, photography, snakes, summer 2019, summertime, sunset
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Contagion
In the movie Contagion, Gwyneth Paltrow’s character received a virus from a chef she came in contact with in Macau. The chef got the virus from the carcass of a pig which got the virus from a chunk of banana … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged animals, avian conjunctivitis, avoiding disease at your bird feeders, bird diseases and illnesses, bird feeders, blind birds, cleaning bird feeders, concord river, contagion, disinfecting bird feeders, eye disease in American goldfinches, feeding the birds, guidelines for feeding songbirds, house finch eye disease, nature blog, outbreak, River Lady, songbirds at the feeders, species jumping, tinthia clemant, vectors, wildlife blog
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Finally!!!!!!!
It took her long enough! I’ve been patient, I have, but I’d given up hope at ever seeing chicks this season when what do I see, a proud hen with six cute, little ducklings. It took her long enough. She … Continue reading
Posted in Life on the Concord River
Tagged animals, baby ducks, Blogger, chick, cute, ducklings, ducks, flocks, hens, Mallards, photography, wildlife
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