The bluebird enjoyed a few hours of sunshine before the rain came in the afternoon. But while the sun was out, the song of the late returning House Wren was mixed in with all the other birds relishing the sunny day.
Sunny Bluebird
Picture of the Day for May 10, 2019
The trees are leafing out and the grass is growing. And other alien looking things are sprouting up out of the ground too. Fiddleheads are the furled frond of a fern and they are harvested as a vegetable. The three deer in my yard might have been sampling the fiddleheads yesterday but they left some for me to find.
Fiddlehead
Picture of the Day for May 9, 2019
My lawn is soggy again but lucky it was only rain and not snow like the ten inches which fell farther to the north. Although six years ago, there was eighteen inches of snow in my yard after a snow storm in May.
May Snow Storm
Picture of the Day for May 8, 2019
The very wet and rainy day has the ditches and streams running heavy again. And when the extra storm water reaches lakes, the muddy water can be seen migrating out to the clear water.
Storm Water
Picture of the Day for May 7, 2019
Another sunny day brought several more returning birds to the area including hummingbirds and orioles. And I wasn’t ready for them so the oriole let me know his feeders weren’t hung up yet. But the male oriole didn’t leave and he found the feeder after a while so maybe he forgave my tardiness.
Baltimore Oriole Back
Picture of the Day for May 6, 2019
Another of the spring bird arrived today, as the Rose-breasted Grosbeaks males have been spotted in the trees and feeders. And at least the males do help the females in the nest building and he takes a turn incubating the eggs for a few hours during the day, although the female has the remaining incubation time.
Returning Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Picture of the Day for May 5, 2019
While I might not have found any Spring Beauties blooming yet, there were some Bloodroots buds poking up and may fully open in a few more day. And at least they only had some rain on them today and not snow this time.
Bloodroot Bud
Picture of the Day for May 4, 2019
Today was a nice spring day, but I didn’t have time for a walk in the woods to hunt for wildflowers as I still a lot of limbs that came down over the long winter that needed to be picked up off my lawn. I did spot some Spring Beauties leaves but no blossoms yet so will have to hunt for blooms in upcoming days.
Hunting for Blooms
Picture of the Day for May 3, 2019
Things are slowly starting to sprout and green up, but near my pond it looked more like autumn with the fallen color leaves under the water. If it wasn’t for the tadpoles swimming in and out around the leaves, the leaves almost looked like they weren’t in water.
Autumn Underwater
Picture of the Day for May 2, 2019
The chipmunk should try to hide from me as I wasn’t too happy that it took four days to herd the little rodent out of my garage. And that was after he knocked several things over as it roamed around in off limits territory.
Troublesome Chipmunk
