Realized we never shared any of the tree work we did this past year. We had the trees in the backyard cleaned up. The Poplar trees were removed and the ash trees that had suffered Emerald Ash Borer disease. Luckily, the walnut tree is able to be salvaged and the tree guy thinks … [Read more...]
Oodles of finches
It's a fairly cold day. 33 degrees outside. The goldfinches have lost their color and are frantically feeding. How many can you count? … [Read more...]
Red headed woodpecker
So excited! Just saw my first red headed woodpecker. No pic but hoping he comes back. Love adding another bird to my life list. Came for the orange suet which hasn't been a hit here. Getting more now and we are putting out some fresh oranges now. I'm super jacked! Update: Just … [Read more...]
Squirrely Little Buggers
And we’ve reached that point in the winter where the snow is so high, no baffle can keep the squirrels out of the feeders. … [Read more...]
Winter Wonderland
There’s a lot of deep snow, the temps are ridiculously low and we have more wildlife in our yard than ever before! 2 deer and also note the Hairy Woodpecker on the suet cake. 6 turkeys and more lurking around. We had as many as 9 that we could see at once several t … [Read more...]
Backyard Visitors
It has been such a long hard winter. we had a few deer come in for bird seed this winter. This was the first time we’d had deer come in this close to the dog area for seed. It was also the most turkeys we’d ever had at once. … [Read more...]
