The flowers have been watered with the recent rains and maybe tomorrow the sun shine on them again.
Bleeding Hearts
Picture of the Day for May 20, 2021
Other birds seem to enjoy the flowering apple trees too and later when there are apples, more birds will savor eating the fruit.
Oriole in Blossoms
Picture of the Day for May 19, 2021
The nodding trillium has blossoms that hide under the leaves, which may be why my deer don’t see the white to eat them or the leaves have a different taste as the nodding trilliums survive in my woods where the great white trilliums get grazed off.
Nodding Trillium
Picture of the Day for May 18, 2021
So far this spring the bluebirds seem to be down in numbers as I have only seen a few this year. Hopefully more have returned but I just haven’t noticed them. Some years I would see them in the apple tree blossoms, which make a pretty backdrop.
Bluebird in Apple Blossoms
Picture of the Day for May 17, 2021
Part of my lawn was covered in white, but at least the white color isn’t from snow. As the quaking aspen female catkin mature, they release lots of tiny cottony seeds which blow in the wind.
Aspen Catkin
Picture of the Day for May 16, 2021
After a very foggy start, the sun was out for a Sunday afternoon walk to smell the apple blossoms and to watch and listen to birds in the trees.
Sunday Stroll
Picture of the Day for May 15, 2021
A brief thunderstorm rolled in this evening and although it didn’t last long, it produced enough lightning to scare my cat into hiding.
Storm Rolling In
Picture of the Day for May 14, 2021
This Friday afternoon had some people hurry to cabins for a weekend of fishing, but farmers were in the fields rushing to get the crops planted.
Time for Planting
Picture of the Day for May 13, 2021
A cluster of Jack-in-the-pulpits catch some early evening spring sunshine. They are a native wildflower and the actual true flower are tiny dots that line the spadix (the Jack) which are wrapped by the spathe (the pulpit). The smaller plants are generally male and as the plant ages and grows larger, more female flowers are produced.
Some Jacks in Sunshine
Picture of the Day for May 12, 2021
I spotted a brown thrasher briefly at my bird feeder today but I heard it singing a lot longer. The thrasher’s voice carried from its high perch in the top of the tree and the male brown thrasher has a very large song repertoire, with over 1,100 documented and estimated to be over 3,000. They also imitate other birds songs, especially during the breeding season.
Singing Brown Thrasher
