It's A Bird . . . No A Bud. . . A Corolla . . . A Blossom . . . A Spring Bird and Bud Parade! Chionodoxa forbesii Nesting Eastern Bluebirds Sialia sialis American Robins Turdus migratorius Chaenomeles 'Flowering Quince' Serenading Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Alluring Viburnum carlesii A Winter Keeper . . . Spring Creeping Brown Creeper Certhia americana Fairytale Lilac Cluster Emerging Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Wings Its Way From … [Read more...] about Birds in Review Part XXXVI ‘A Bird Parade’ Spring Returns
Archives for April 2011
Wednesday Wildflowers Buds and Birds
Dutchman's breeches Dicentra cucullaria Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis Yellow trout-lily Erythronium americanum Palm Warbler Arrived Three Weeks Ago Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia Trillium Trillium grandiflorum Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Arrived Two Weeks Ago Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum Red Elderberry Sambucus racemosa Pileated Woodpecker Eastern cottonwood Populus … [Read more...] about Wednesday Wildflowers Buds and Birds
Birds in Review Part XXXV ‘A Bird Parade’ For ‘Earth Day’ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
For this Earth Day I continue on with my Flower Hill Farm 'Bird Parade' . . . featuring birds that I have photographed here at our farm. The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), a medium sized woodpecker, of the Picidae Family is the perfect bird to share, for the one day we set aside to honor our planet and educate each other as to how we can all be better stewards. I wish we would have one day a week, as well, when we say . . . "This is what I did this week to help curb my … [Read more...] about Birds in Review Part XXXV ‘A Bird Parade’ For ‘Earth Day’ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Birds in Review Part XXXIV ‘A Bird Parade’ Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco
Did you know that Juncos are actually Sparrows? I confess I did not or I should have included them in my Sparrow post. Here in the northeast we have the Slate-colored Junco (J. hyemalis hyemalis) or Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco. We all see these tidy grey and white birds flitting about on the ground in our gardens. Out west you will notice different coloration in the Juncos. Juncos spend the late fall, winter and early spring all throughout the United States and mostly fly up to Canada to … [Read more...] about Birds in Review Part XXXIV ‘A Bird Parade’ Slate-colored Dark-eyed Junco
Birds in Review Part XXXIII ‘A Bird Parade’ Indigo Bunting
Our bird parade continues on with songbirds and the Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) is one of the most beautiful of songbirds. Indigo Buntings harvest seeds and insects from the gardens and abandoned fields. They prefer a habitat with less inhabitants, but somehow do not mind my company now and then. Indigo Buntings can be seen foraging for food along the ground, as well as high in the trees and shrubs. The male Indigo Bunting will often choose the same few … [Read more...] about Birds in Review Part XXXIII ‘A Bird Parade’ Indigo Bunting
