March has been slow! A Lone Pine Siskin made an appearance at my mom's feeder when I was over visiting,,,and the Fish Crow who was menacing a Bald Eagle made an addition to the list. And so far that's all and it's the 11th! Meanwhile love is in the air! I don't think this pair is nesting here but they are very cozy date night maybe?
The blue birds have picked one of the fake gourds to build in, as they normally do...and they normally have 2 broods. Soon they will be joined by the Great Crested Flycatchers they also nest build in the gourds.
Got this hybrid activity kinda interesting...
Besides the fog and gloomy sky that is...
Yep thats' our challenge this month, to leave things better than we found it. Good Idea. Meanwhile we went to this really neglected cemetery ...something this way slithers!
One of 2 black snakes I saw...and the great thing was the cemetery is located right next to this really awesome wetland!
complete with an Eagle Nest...
After looking as closely zoomed as possible I do see at least one bird in the nest You can only see the back in this shot
...and here is at least one of the pair. I also heard a barred owl calling out! What a nice surprise that was! No it's not in my radius not even in my county but I will continue to bird here...it is not far from home. I suggested it as a hot spot. Had some other expected birds around and even my FOY
Yellow Throated Warbler, hope to get one in my radius soon too.
...this Female Pine Warbler, had me fooled normally on the feeders at home the male is around to remind me of what I'm looking at, she is really a beautiful bird!
Back in the radius
Yellow shafted northern flicker...
The Great egret lined up just right for a fun shot...
this old machinery has been here so long the trees have grown it "in" it's still in amazing shape! I bet if you pulled it out of there you could use it again.
Our state flower is blooming, the Yellow Jasmine
And look what we found...
A Hickory Nut sprouting I just mentioned not long ago how nice it is to have a hickory tree in your forest so Mom and I plan to plant this one at out homestead! Mom comes with us when we go cemeterying..she doesn't really enjoy it cause she has to wait in the car with Jimmy she forgot my name and called me Camden, hmmm I kinda like it, but she never forgets Jimmy's name...lol If it's sunny and the ground is level and not muddy she gets out and sits in the shade. She gets to eat lunch out -french fries-cookies- and ice cream, she is 94 and eats what she likes. In her mind we are berry picking why else would we put on straw hats and go tromping around in the woods??So we play along... and she asked how many did we get today I got at least
1 quart of blackberry
1 quart of blackberry
THORNS ouch!
Mom Berry picking June 2008
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
