The iPhone Merlin app identified a Cape May Warbler in my backyard a few days prior, but I had an appointment so did not have time to investigate although I thought I saw a brief flash of the suspected bird. Now several days later it again identified the sound and I had time to investigate so I pulled up a chair under the dogwood tree with my camera ready… People say "Merlin makes mistakes" but if it identifies a bird repeatedly I think it may be something.

Soon after I see something moving around the honeysuckle on the arch and was happily surprised to see a hummingbird, first of the year, and was able to take some photos. Also spotted an Ovenbird and snapped some photos too, a bird I had never identified visiting the yard.
I had a nice time looking and listening, but no signs of a Cape May Warbler. But still two different birds identified.

I also confirmed I am a Lazy Birder; I most enjoy the birds that visit my yard, even more than when on field trips with the local Audubon Society although that is a nice social gathering…
Afterwards when near the computer I checked NameCheap for the domain thelazybirder and found thelazybirder.blog, the least expensive of the dot.domains and purchased it for $2.98.
All totaled it was $15.05 for a cheap hosting service and SSL for the first month …
A recurring cost of @$5 a month for the hosting site…. Not horrible for the greater flexibility …
And that's where it starts.
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In this instance it refers to a movie, Rare Birds, an offbeat comedy that I saw a long time ago and was reminded of by Don Torino during a discussion of films while on one of the Bergen County Audubon Field Trips.

An online search revealed it was $3.99 to rent in Apple TV or $5.99 to buy, so a no-brainer to add to the film collection. Already in the collection of films starring William Hurt, were:

Altered States - my favorite with the actor
The Big Chill
Broadcast News
Eyewitness - another favorite)
Until The End Of The World, directed by Wim Wenders, one of my favorite directors….

This movie is a funny , though indirect comedy on rare birds (and birders?) and a pleasant way to spend 99 minutes …

A very ientertaining story I initially discovered in The Smithsonian about an artist .who decided to paint birds from Shakespeare plays titled Painting the birds of Shakespeare.

There are links below to the artist's site especially the paintings of the birds; the accompanying information and research with each painting is really unique and needs to be seen! The Starling painting below from Missy Dunaway Creative Studios LLC, is very special IMO.

An article I found on Kottke.org, simply described as "Founded in 1998, kottke.org is one of the oldest blogs on the web.".
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These pictured plants were grown from seeds; White beardtongue, common milkweed.
The wild bergamot was a plant I think I purchased at one of the plant sales to support the New Jersey Botanical Gardens.
The lady's foxglove was I believe from Rohsler's Allendale Nursery.
Most of the garden flowering plants are native and started from seed, The bushes and small trees were from other sources and also native with some exceptions.