Mar 31, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
A sure sign that Spring has sprung is the arrival of the Northern Bluebirds and the Goldfinches. The bluebirds arrived about two weeks ago and I just spied my first goldfinch in the yard yesterday…yay Spring! This is a photo of one of the Northern Bluebirds...
Mar 31, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
We have two bird feeders near the driveway that stay busy all day long. The birds love to perch on the tires of “Big Nasty”, our Ford F350 Diesel truck. My guess is the black rubber absorbs the heat from the sun, plus the wheel well provides shelter from...
Mar 17, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
Today as I was getting out of the truck from my trip to Costco, the dogs were more than usually excited for me to come home. I stepped around the truck to greet them and spied this opossum sitting about 6 feet away from the dog yard under our maple tree. I’m...
Mar 12, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
The birds are starting to eat us out of house and home! Thank goodness we had a few nice days to melt off the snow so they could go find some of their own food again instead of raiding the feeders constantly. Robins have been spotted already and the wrens are...
Mar 3, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
This is one of the three deer ( I call them the Three Stooges ) that come through the yard almost every day – morning and evening. Tonight I noticed them all up close to the house digging through the partially melted snow. The sun was getting ready to go...
Jan 6, 2014 | What's Happening, Wildlife
We try to feed the birds more in the winter time than in the summer. We feed in the summer too, because we just like watching the birds while we sit on the porch, but we always ensure they have seed and suet throughout the winter, especially when there is snow and...
