Stepping into the Garden Wild Turkey style Stellata in the mist between gray birch From the Blueberry field Fluttering Magnolia stellata Back of House and Rock Maples from Blueberry field From the Blueberry field Jazzy Jonquils Spreading pollen Looking up from below the old rock garden to second terrace and smaller stellata Blooming Rock Maples and Birches across the way Golden Goldfinches Carpets of Bluets May Apple peeking through Helleborus … [Read more...] about Stepping Into Spring Gardens On The South Side
Birds in Review Part XXXVI ‘A Bird Parade’ Spring Returns
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
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