The second post of… not sure how many it will be. I think that first one went OK - it’s a different way of organizing some of the many photos we take.
This time I thought I’d pull together all the interesting pictures of birds and beasts and other critters we’ve seen about over the past few months. It definitely has slowed, especially for the birds. I’m sure they’re still about, but now that mating season has passed, it’s a lot more quiet at 5:00 a.m.
This was a “new” bird for us this year. While I’m sure it was there before, we were able to identify it this year.
This bird has a really nice call, and throughout the end of June it was in full display. Frequently there would be two calling to each other, one from our property and one from the neighbor’s. It was magical.
Sadly, as June turned to July, the frequency of the calls abated, as did the sight of them. I assume they were off caring for little ones.
Our metal bird pileated woodpecker is developing a lovely patina.
We do see quite a number fo different flycatcher species about. I’m not sure what this one is, but he was about all weekend.
The white-crowns are a fixture almost all year. Their song ins lovely, and they make good use of the broom.
We think that they raised two broods of chicks this year. Twice, we had fledglings working over the front ‘yard”, looking for seeds and insects and learning how to fly.
I am not not good with identifying butterflies, but there have been lots of different ones around.
Everything we do around the property is about protecting the things we plant from the deer. We have planted many bushes, trees and flowers that are supposed to bee “deer resistant”. There’s no such thing. (This one was on the golf course - I don’t mind seeing them there).
And even when we’ve fenced things off, it has not deterred them. They devestarted a maple we planted, as we did not do a good enough job protecting it. We lost all our raspberries, as they pushed through the fence and bent over a metal pole. It’s never ending war!
Yes they are cute - especially the little ones. This time of year, we’re seeing lots of fawns - twins (oh joy).