~Off the Beaten Path~
‘The earth smiles in flowers.’
Most, if not all of these beauties are now up, or at least their leaves are popping through the leaf litter- yellow wildfowers are the first to show, then whites. I photographed most of these on our property, or very close to home..our growing season is short but oh so […]
Our resident American goldfich males once again look like little bright lemon drops- their songs are a constant each day outside my bedroom widow.. they’re gorgeous in their breeding plumage.
Lots of avain activity this week- b.c. chickadees are now nesting in one of our baffled nestboxes and the woodpecker tribe is displaying and banging away […]
They’ve found a suitable place to nest on adjoining property and come in to search for food several times a day- yay!
Also had many butterbutts passing through on warm southerly winds- the winged choir grows stronger and more diverse each day, and spring peepers are now chorusing at night.. and right before dusk the […]
Our back clearing is absolutley covered with Dark-eyed Juncos today- 100’s of them. I can hear their pin-ball machine vocalizations from indoors- what a riot! We also have not one, but two male Wood Ducks in the east woods, and they’re really putting on a show for a not-very-impressed female.
Joining them […]
Despite the cold rain, our FOS warblers arrived today- a beautiful male Black-and White Warbler racing around tree trunkks and a sweet Pine Warbler checked out a suet feeder before continuing his journey. Chances are always good that more have passed through- even with still-bare branches, if we’re not looking in an area, well.. […]
No spring peepers yet- but the light and reflections in this local flooded hardwoods caught my eye on a short excursion yesterday. My hands have missed my cameras :)
And I heard another new sound today from our woods- the drumming of a male Ruffed Grouse. Love is in the air.