Backyard Nature: 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Pond Update

Cleaned out about half of the leaves from the pond. The tadpoles are hibernating, hope they make it through the winter.

November

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Art of the Brick

Abbots Creek Bikenic 10/17

Yellow Rumps Have Arrived 10/21

Yellow-rumped warblers arrived en masse today.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Autumn Morning

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Eno River 10/3/13

Ambitious beaver

Ambitious beaver trail

Garter/Ribbon snake

The Eno

New York Ironweed

Vernonia noveboracensis at Duke Gardens.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Chimney Swifts

The swifts did not return to the chimney tonight (9/28/13).

In other migrating news, last hummingbird was seen on 9/27.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Migrating Swifts 9/20/13

Saw a huge uncountable flock of Chimney Swifts going into a migration roost in downtown Raleigh last night.

Here is a brief clip of them pouring into the roost:

In other swifts news, our chimney swifts are still coming back to roost in our chimney every night.

Friday, September 6, 2013

More Feathers

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Feathers

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

First Fall Migrant 8/26/2013

Had a very nice cold front come through Saturday (low Sunday night was 56) that brought the first wave of fall migrants to the area.

Saw an American Redstart in the front yard Monday Morning.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Bikenicking: ATT

We biked the American Tobacco Trail south end on Sunday Night.

Saw a beaver in Beaver Creek!

Beaver Creek.

Bikenicking

Cool summer evenings makes for great biking.

Recently biked the Neuse River Trail from Anderson Point park going south.

Found a huge field of sunflowers.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Frog Eggs

We had some rain on Saturday night and the frogs were busy. Noticed these eggs in the pond Sunday and took this picture today. The eggs will hatch Thursday.