Nest Season

The past week was a mixed bag of weather cold nights warm days some sunny some windy some stormy..

A small flock of  American Goldfinch stopped to refresh themselves at my feeders while on their Northward Migration. 

I visited Lee County on one of the windy but warm days...One of my new favorite spots is on Newsome road, its only a short cut-through road and gets little traffic....so I can do roadside birding of the wetlands there,

without fear of being run over...

There is two different places on the road where I stop about 3/4 mile apart...

The newly migrated Common Yellowthroat is always good to react to my phishing and comes out to scold me...

Another Migrant who loves to share his call is the White Eyed Vireo.  They have a rather harsh loud call...

The white eye is striking...

Have you ever seen this kind of thing growing on the forest floor?  It's a Fungi, and it's called Stinkhorn Mushroom...

Here it is with a fly on it because it stinks like rotten flesh!! This is how it gets pollinated...it's a striking red color and grows close to the ground...but it's pretty disgusting otherwise!

Saw another Banded Water Snake, he was moving so fast I almost missed him...

A late to leave  White Throated Sparrow was seen...hiding in the Yellow Jasmine...

And I enjoyed watching a pair of Blue Grey Gnatcatchers work on a nest..

They both participate in the building, protection and care of the young, This is the male, wallowing in the nest to make it fit well and...

This is the female below giving it her touch...

Looks like a good fit! 

Below is a video I put together with little editing of the pair at work...and there's some nesting facts in the description so best to watch it on YOUTUBE I think you will find that info interesting!!

 
I plan to check in with them when Im in the area...see how it's going

Im trying a new idea to discourage squirrels....a man I  met in the bird seed section told me to use the Cayenne Pepper birds don't mind it and squirrels wont bother it...so I got some cayenne pepper suet...Im giving it a try.  But I will say don't handle it then rub your face like I did!! AND def don't rub your eyes. 

This was short but hopefully you found something to make you smile. 

PEACE

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