Science Table

. Friday, October 11, 2024 .

 

We are so ready!  And we are looking high and low for our wooly bears.  So if you see one let us know.

For your information.

the backyard

. Saturday, August 10, 2024 .

Woodpeckers around here are pretty sneaky.  They hide from the camera.

Squirrels will hide nuts just about anywhere.

Goldfinches should be in the Olympics.

I think he might want a little privacy.

Getting ready for takeoff.

Please let me out!

My very small garden helper.


Another one bites the dust.  Thanks, Ollie!

He approves of the new feeder.

Strangest hummingbird I have ever seen.



Our entertainment for about an hour.




sneak attack

just sunning

I am so glad that the goldfinches showed up.


Mom, they are splashing me!

 This nasty little critter and all his friends have destroyed our cucumbers.

Friend or foe, I don't know.

 

the birdfeeders

. Saturday, June 1, 2024 .

We have tons of cardinals.


A bluebird family.

Lots of Purple finches.


And the most beautiful red-headed woodpecker.


 

birdbox

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 All he needs to do is to make sure there is some bluebird activity in the yard.

This is one hard bluebird working daddy.

Mom seems to observe more than she feeds.

The babies must be sleeping so the parents are taking a little line break.
He's back at it.


She is watching from the top of the clothesline pole.



He found the mealworms.

He finally gets time for a little sunning.

The mealworms are a hit with everyone,

Last pic of the babies before they fledged.  My neighbor Jan texted and said one of the babies had gotten in their garage but Poppa was there with a watchful eye.

I will miss them but I know there will be more.
the backyard

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I'd love to say that this is a swallowtail but I am not sure.

Ollie found an injured baby bird.

I keep finding these pesky bird eggs in the bluebird box.  Nope. Not happening on my watch.