Wood Warblers This Winter of 2018 has been long and cold and quiet. It is nearly April and I long for the return of our songbirds, especially the Wood Warblers. The first green shoots of snowdrops have begun to push through the thawing crusty soil. Sugar maples are tapped and the sap has been flowing for awhile now. Steam is streaming out of sugar shacks throughout the countryside. On warmer days our year-round birds are singing. Robins and White-throated Sparrows are turning over … [Read more...] about Songbirds of 2017 ~ Wood Warblers
A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden ~ Featuring Warblers
Time does have a way of falling away from us . . . and so it goes that for nearly two years now I have been writing about the beasts that abide in our wildlife habitat. 'A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden' is now featuring songbirds with warblers being the focus of my cursor. Warblers are truly delightful birds and come and go with the changing seasons . . . leaving us each late summer and fall only to return every spring . . . their departures and arrivals help us mark time . . . … [Read more...] about A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden ~ Featuring Warblers
A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden ~ Featuring Warblers
Time does have a way of falling away from us . . . and so it goes that for nearly two years now I have been writing about the beasts that abide in our wildlife habitat. 'A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden' is now featuring songbirds with warblers being the focus of my cursor. Warblers are truly delightful birds and come and go with the changing seasons . . . leaving us each late summer and fall only to return every spring . . . their departures and arrivals help us mark time . . . … [Read more...] about A Bestiary . . . Tales from a Wildlife Garden ~ Featuring Warblers
Lilac Time
Lilac time is here Though days are wet and dreary Tight buds open full Bold colors shout out Within the wash of greening Dripping lilacs sway The sun will return Orioles and warblers sing Gardens welcome light … [Read more...] about Lilac Time
Spring Stretching Towards the Sky Bird Return Update
Inside Top Garden Looking Northeast Lavender Lilacs and Yellow Oaks Mighty Oaks Join the Chorus of Spring French Lilacs and Viburnums Outside the Top Garden Looking East In the Blueberry Field Looking East/Northeast Towards Carey and Walnut Hill Waving Weeping Cherry Towards Gray Birch Old Apple and Gray Birch In Blueberry Field Apple Gateway to Blueberry Field Magnolias and Weeping Cherry Middle Veggie Garden Viburnum Looking Towards Top Garden Middle Garden Nest Box … [Read more...] about Spring Stretching Towards the Sky Bird Return Update
