Signs of Spring! Steve found a salamander today in the crawlspace egress where it's always shady & cold all day. He was stranded on the rocks, too cold & weak to bury himself. He came & got me to help with the rescue because it brings me so much joy. I moved him to a … [Read more...]
Signs of Spring – Robin & Junco
Watching robins scratching thru the leaf litter underneath the pine trees this afternoon makes it easy to remember spring is nearby even though most everything else is covered in snow. This picture is from yesterday before the snow & is zoomed in a lot. But, I liked seeing … [Read more...]
Eastern Towhee & Brown Thrasher
I'm super excited that we've continued to see a pair of each of these around all spring. I'm hoping their nests will be successful. Here's a couple of pictures I was able to take through the window this week. What birds do you see in the spring and hope they stick around? … [Read more...]
Morels and Spring Flowers
I can no longer eat morels, but I still enjoy finding them and photographing them. They remind me of good times spent as a family outdoors and walking the woods with my Dad. Any other mushroomers out there? How was your haul this year? … [Read more...]
Daytime Raccoon Visitor
This hasn't happened before! We had this raccoon show up right around noon yesterday! The dogs didn't even notice right away. The good news is that all of our baffles held and he couldn't raid the seeds or the jelly. He walked around and tried everything and then finally Tilda … [Read more...]
Spring Firsts
On May 8th we spotted our first Ruby Throated Hummingbirds of the season and were able to capture one on video. We've had a few oriole scouts around since the end of April but here's our first video of the oriole, also from May 8th. Here's some more firsts! … [Read more...]
