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 on metal objects to attract mates.They’re trying to out-drum each other. Sandhills have been passing over nightly by the moonlight as have many other species.

Garry saw his first timberdoodle of the season while up in the hills with Feeb yesterday- running her is off limits though for now during the breeding season. He also saw a probable first year black bear on a two-track trail. It beat feet pretty fast. I hope they stay away from our feeders this yerae- it’ll be oranges and grape jelly season soon.