The chickadees normally sound so cheery, as long as I remembered to fill their bird seed feeders, but they don’t sit still very long.
Happy Chickadee
Picture of the Day for April 30, 2024
Until I put camera in the duck house, I never realized how many other visitors came to the boxes besides ducks. Today, a house wren poked its head inside but probably figured it would take a long time to fill the large house with sticks for its nest. I was surprised to see a wren back this early as normally mine arrive after the orioles and grosbeaks, which I haven’t spotted yet this spring.
Wren Back Early
Picture of the Day for April 29, 2024
It is not just the returning birds looking to build a nest, but the year around birds are too, like this chickadee creating a cavity in a dead tree. I watched it bring mouthfuls of wood pieces out before turning around and going back in and when it reached the bottom of the hole, you couldn’t see the chickadee but you could hear it pecking inside the hole.
Down the Hole
Picture of the Day for April 23, 2024
I have had other visitors at my duck box houses besides ducks, like a bee, mouse, squirrel, chickadee, nuthatch, bluebird and recently a northern flicker. I have had some dead trees blown down in the last storm, so I wonder if the flicker’s prior nesting site has fallen down and is looking for a new home. But the opening on the duck box is much bigger than the size they create in trees.
Northern Flicker
Picture of the Day for March 24, 2024
As the snow started to pile up this evening, the Junco was having a harder time finding fallen seeds under that cold, white stuff.
Dark-eyed Junco
Picture of the Day for March 15, 2024
The year-around birds get overlooked in the spring when the other birds return, but the warm weather has the cardinals singing more.
Singing Cardinal
Picture of the Day for March 13, 2024
One of the early birds to return from the south in the spring is the killdeer, but this year the killdeer arrived later than bluebirds. Although with the colder forecast for next week, all the southern arrivals may decide to head back.
Killdeer Returns
Picture of the Day for March 9, 2024
There was a mature bald eagle near the side of the road when I drove by today and the other day there was an immature bald eagle near the same area.
Seeing a Bald Eagle
Picture of the Day for March 8, 2024
Today the classic sound of the Red-winged Blackbird was heard and after a few moments, I spotted the bright red of the wing.
Heard the Red-winged Blackbird
Picture of the Day for March 7, 2024
The robins have returned too and I sure hope that their tails don’t need to be snowed on three times before spring arrives as I like the almost snowless winter.
Robin Return
