Bird Updates

Cardinal nest failed.

Chickadee family and brown headed nuthatch still using nest box.

House wrens and Great crested flycatchers have taken over the neighborhood.

Siskins, yellow-rumps, and white throated sparrows have left.

Goldfinches still visiting feeder.

Saw a Carolina wren family with at least 5 fledglings moving about the yard a few days ago.

Swifts still using chimney.

Dogs gone wild

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Flowers and a Pillar

Red spotted purple or viceroy?



Indigo

Sage in Bloom

Lyre-leaved Sage (Salvia lyrata) is in full bloom in the front yard.
Pretty weeds.

Cardinal Chicks

The cardinal nest near our front window, in the holly bush has produced three chicks. They must have hatched 2-3 days ago, their eyes are not even open yet. I am waiting for the chicks to fledge so I can continue with painting the house on that side :)

Strawberry Season

Strawberry pie and strawberry icecream. mmm...

Random Spring Updates

All trees are in leaf out, seemed as though it happened overnight. Backyard is a sea of green!

A few days ago:

Today!:

The army caterpillars are out in full force.

There was a termite dispersal event near the shed, Sophie ate some of them (?).

Put up a fourth nest box. So far we have one chickadee family and one nuthatch family, other two are empty, though we have seen birds checking them out.

Vireos arrived yesterday, heard both red-eyed and yellow-throated.

Siskins and goldfinches still around.

And, swifts in the chimney roosting every night. Are they ours?

Brown headed nuthatch nest

Checked on the nest box today and found this. Hard to tell if any eggs are in there, as the eggs could be covered with nesting material until clutch is complete.

Swifts in the chimney!

We had 1 or possibly 2 swifts roost in the chimney last night. They may be the family from last year, or could be migrants passing through.

Swift Creek Bluffs

Giant Chickweed Stellaria pubera

Wild Geranium Geranium maculatum

Hexastylis sp.

Lousewort Pedicularis canadensis

?

Buckeye Tree Aesculus glabra

Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum

The Swifts Are Here!

Heard a chimney swift today, first of the season. How long until our family arrives?

Brown Headed Nuthatch

A pair of Brown headed nuthatches have started a nest in the 3rd nest box near the shed!

Here is a video of when they nested in our backyard at College Station in Athens.

April 5th: First Migrant

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in the backyard yesterday afternoon. Also finches and siskens have dispersed.

Pine Pollen Has Begun in Full Force

House Plants in Bloom

Yard Blooms April 5th

Redbud
Holly

Green and Gold

Christmas Fern


Dogwood

Columbine


Bluet

Azalea

Dogwoods in Bloom

Also, 2 of the 3 nest boxes are occupied by chickadees. No movement or materiel in the third box.