Watching young birds, or any young animal can be quite amusing! The Red bellied Woodpeckers brought baby to the feeder yesterday for the first time..a boy, so far just the one but we’ll keep an eye out. Last year they brought the 2nd chick a few days later! Hopefully junior will get the hang of poking fruit to eat, not just licking it!
I have noticed father at the sunflower seeds, breaking them up, and flying off with them to feed this youngster as well!
Keeping the family fed! So far no Oriole chicks at the feeders but I am watching! Both mother and father have been enjoying the grapes as well as the jam! They could teach baby red bellied a thing or two about grape eating.
The male Oriole is a fan of the jam!
It was very quiet mid month and then we started to get the youngsters and adults back! Goldfinches and Purple finches and Rose Breasted Grosbeaks!
The regulars all get fairly quiet as well during nesting season! Lots of work feeding the kids! Dad’s out looking for grubs! Mother is waiting her turn for some suet! The Grackle and Blue Jay babies are as big as the adults now!
I haven’t forgotten my very small friends! The Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have been busy, guarding the feeder, eating. Even seeing the lady once again! Soon the wild buzzing of youngsters will begin!
Down at the lakeside the Turkey Vultures have been busy sunning themselves and holding Scavenger council meetings!
The Bald eagles and Ospreys have been quiet so far but the feeding and teaching of youngsters to fish will soon begin. Two Great Blue Herons did a flyby one afternoon, one right after the other, a pair maybe?
Love the reflections!
I thought our swan cygnets were goners but no, looks like they moved way back into the swamp! I spotted the familiar white blobs early one morning last week! Hopefully they come back out in the open soon! I was told they were quite territorial so it’s probably not a different family! Hopefully all three cygnets have survived! I couldn’t get close enough to see how many youngsters there were!
I look forward to my walk up to the mailboxes, dodging deer flies just to see them so it’s felt quiet empty the last three weeks of not seeing them! At least we have the Loonlet for smiles!
In the meantime, Mother nature is turning up the thermometer this coming week, it is certainly going to feel like Summer! I’ll catch up mid week with our trip up to the Purdon Conservation Area to see the Showy Lady’s Slippers orchids and some summer blooms, and more bugs of course. I’ll leave you with a few more shots of the Loonlet! Too adorable. Saludos amigos!
