‘May the beauty of what you love be what you do’
My hubby and I tried to attract a colony of purple martins for many years downstate.. they’re very fussy about nestbox placement and purple martin ‘landlords’ go long lengths to tend to their martin colonies.
So when we viewed several martin houses this afternoon (very unconventional ones) out in the middle of a plowed garden several […]
We had a most beautiful visitor today- one we haven’t seen on our property for way too long. The oddity is Evening Grosbeaks travel in large mixed focks, but this bright fella is alone. I don’t usually take feeder images, but I’m still very weak - it was grand just to see him […]
‘If you’ve never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom. ‘
(Audra Foveo)
Although we still have quite a bit of snowcover in our woods, small areas of earth are becoming more visible each day- and we have a few […]
Last week, my hubby came in from outdoors exclaiming ‘we either have a mink or weasel making the rounds on our property. after he found tracks circling the house, many trees and our vehicles. We’ve had beautiful short-taled weasels here in the summer/winter both, and their thick white coats are just gorgeous during the […]
(Is It Spring Yet?, copyright WoodSong Nature Photography
I have a fondness for eastern chipmunks.. they’re bold, comical and fun to watch- especially the youngsters. We’ve even had 2 separate Melanistic chipmunks here. The first made the record books with his photo/my words appearing in Michigan Bird and Natural History Journal, the only melanistic […]
(Juvenile Red-bellied Woodpecker, courtesy of Hubby Photography)
Our property is teeming with many juvenile wingeds now. The sounds of at least 6 young vocal Red-bellied Woodpeckers, many Downy, Hairy, Pileateds, American Crows, Black-capped Chickadees, Tufted Titmice, Blue Jays, Northern Cardinals, Y.B. Sapsuckers, Veery, Ovenbirds, W.B. Nuthatch, Chipping Sparrows, Baltimore Orioles, R.B. Grosbeak, R.T. Humminbirds and […]