The famers have been busy putting up hay since it hasn’t rained to delay the haying process. Now we just have to hope some rain will come so there is a second crop of hay.
Baling Hay
Picture of the Day for June 14, 2023
Today is Flag Day, which honors this date in 1777 when the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag. I have a different flag on the edge of my pond – the Northern Blue Flag, a native iris found is marshes and other wetlands.
A Flag for Flag Day
Picture of the Day for June 13, 2023
Today I heard a bluebird and then spotted a pair in a tree. It was a treat to see them after two years of not nesting at my place. Hopefully there is an empty birdhouse that the wrens and tree swallows (or mice) haven’t taken over so the bluebirds can raise their second batch of the season and stick around as I love hearing and seeing them.
Hopefully Back
Picture of the Day for June 12, 2023
These small blue damselflies (probably in the bluets family) better not fall off the blade of grass, otherwise the hungry tadpoles might nibble on them. Tadpoles are mostly herbivores when young but switch more to a carnivorous diet as they mature.
Bluets and Tadpoles
Picture of the Day for June 11, 2023
Because I didn’t want to scare my recently hatched wood ducklings, I skipped mowing close to my pond. And by not mowing, a section of over 100 feet turned white and orange from daisies and the non-native orange hawkweed.
White and Orange
Picture of the Day for June 10, 2023
The Siberian irises are being to open up this season even if it has been a dry summer and they prefer a moist soil, which mine didn’t get this year as I didn’t water them and the brief rain shower this afternoon barely wet the ground.
Siberian Irises
Picture of the Day for June 9, 2023
This morning when i was leaving for work, I spotted a rabbit in the ditch. Since it froze when I approached, I don’t know if it was going to cross the road to munch on the neighbor’s crop or eat my grass instead.
Morning Bunny
Picture of the Day for June 8, 2023
When I was at my sister’s place on Tuesday and heard the trumpeter swans, I expected them in the area as there is lots of marsh land open water where they nest. I didn’t expect to hear them this evening flying low by my pond as there is no body of water nearby big enough for them to take flight since they need over 300 feet of water runway for the large swans to get enough lift.
Unexpected Swans
Picture of the Day for June 7, 2023
At a couple of recent funerals that I attended, seed packets of Forgot-me-not flowers were given out as a remembrance plant as a reminder of a loved one that you will keep in your thoughts.
Forgot-Me-Nots
Picture of the Day for June 6, 2023
This afternoon, I heard a couple of trumpeter swans making their honking calls. Trumpeter Swans form pair bonds when they are three or four years old and they stay together throughout the year, but nests for first time at age 4-7 years.
Couple of Trumpeter Swans
