Remember the darling little chickadee babies born on May 21st? Coming from small speckled eggs, four out of six hatched. And now they’re starting to look like their parents, and ready to launch. I look forward for them to join the manor family and keep the garden chipper.
They’ve hatched ! Well, three out of four when I looked yesterday. Indeed, May 28th is the birthday for Azure’s and Celeste’s little children. Rather funny looking, but plenty perky and responded when I whistled my “I’ve got mealworms” whistle. Mom and dad sat nearby calmly while I […]
It’s been rather difficult to get a capture of Celeste, Mrs. Bluebird. When I head down to the garden, I whistle so she knows I’m coming, usually with mealworms in hand. She flies out of the box and promptly hides in a closeby tree. With time, she’s gradually […]
The Yellowbird by James Whitcomb Riley HEY! my little Yellowbird, What you doing there? Like a flashing sun-ray, Flitting everywhere: Dangling down the tall weeds And the hollyhocks, And the lordly sunflowers Along the garden-walks. Ho! my gallant Golden-bill, Pecking ‘mongst the weeds, You must have for breakfast […]
Well good morning Mr. Great Blue Heron. Why don’t you just fly in for breakfast? That certainly is a tasty fish you’ve got there. What are you going to do with it? Are you going to share? “Um…nope ! GULP!”
All lined up on the remnants of an old dock, these Ruddy Turnstones huddled in the light rain. Traveling through the Delaware shore in search of eggs from the Horseshoe Crabs. Mr. Willet, on the other hand was walking along the shoreline greeting us as he went by.
Along the marsh of Bombay Hook National Wildlife refuge, shore birds are beginning to collection in high numbers. On their migrational route north, Bombay Hook is an essential rest stop along their journey. While watching a number of wading birds, a pair of dueling semi-palmated sandpipers caught my […]
A little gosling yoga session in the late afternoon along the water. A stretch here, a stretch there. Winding down for the evening. A serene evening, where all is safe and calm. “Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. […]
Beauty Bathing Anthony Munday (1553–1663) BEAUTY sat bathing by a spring Where fairest shades did hide her; The winds blew calm, the birds did sing, The cool streams ran beside her. My wanton thoughts enticed mine eye 5 To see what was forbidden: But better memory said, fie! […]
Allow me to first congratulate on the winning names for Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird. Submitted by Fatima Saysell, the names of Azure and Celeste have won the contest. She will be receiving an 8 x 10 print of Mr. Bluebird or of her choice. Today’s nestwatch is that […]
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 