Monthly Archives: May 2003

Northern Cardinals

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I was, just a little bit ago, looking out the front windows of the house and heard a lot of bird noise, high very squeeky stuff. So I went out on the porch, and a female Northern Cardinal flew out of the October Glory Maple, over to the Dogwood trees. The sound continued emmitting from the Maple though. I walked closer and closer, and finally spotted in the branches two fledged baby Cardinals. At that point the male Cardinal flew by and went to the rooftop of the house, so the babies followed him, then they flew out of sight.

Baby birds are so sweet, and some of them grow up to be the next generation of beautiful wild birds. Spring is a hopeful time!

We have babies!

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I checked the Bluebird box today. My Mom and Els and Joel were here, so I wanted to show them the box and it’s contents. I thought I heard little squeeky sounds before I opened the door, and sure enough, there was a little fuzzy head with a wide open yellow beak!

All four eggs hatched, which is an excellent thing! Frank and the children were there too, and there may be a photo or two of the nest … Frank snapped the picture, so I can’t vouch for what to expect ;)

New Photos online

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I’ve added several pictures to my photolog. Here’s a sampling:

Gerber Daisy

Flowers … and …

Mrs. Bluebird

Mrs. Bluebird, and some other birds, all from this month of May 2003.

Check it out here. Scroll down to the bottom for the most recent pictures. Feel more than free to leave a comment here, or there by any or all photos!

Our Maple is hosting again

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Our October Glory Maple tree, the one I’ve written about below, propagation, was new last Spring 2002. Installed as a large tree, it immediately was subject to hosting a Northern Mockingbird couple and their nest and youngun’s.

That nest lasted all summer and into autumn and winter, and now in mid-spring is being overhauled by a pair of American Robins just since yesterday. Frank saw them active yesterday, and I witnessed it myself this morning as I surveyed the front yard with my cup of coffee in hand.

Very fortunate tree, that is, hosting new birds two years in a row. It’s first two years in our landscape at that. It’s a beautiful full tree, and will only get bigger. It’s a nice site for a nest, and the birds obviously agree!

Tornado Watch, again

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We are under a Tornado Watch until 8pm. We’ve had rain and cloudy skies mostly the last few days, but not that much rain, as we had the other week. This is Spring weather though, Tornado’s are ripe to form in these weather conditions.