Friday, 5 May 2017

Spring Beauties

Yesterday a window of fair weather opened in our otherwise lengthy stretch of rain. My camera and I took a hike to our bush lot. The trees were still mostly bare but the ground was carpeted with wild flowers -- primarily Spring-Beauty (Claytonia virginica).

Spring-Beauties may be one source of pink pollen collected by my honey bees.

A Brown Thrasher has been belting out medleys from my garden's tree tops.

His mimicry is impressive. Some songs are copied from species living further south.

A rabbit enjoying some young and tender dandelion leaves.

A male Tree Swallow staking a claim to one of my three dozen bird boxes.

Never used by Martins, for which this house was built, a House Wren shows interest.

He loudly chatters out an invitation to any and all ladies of his kind.

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4 comments:

  1. Nancy J5 May 2017 at 14:58

    bird boxes, a safe warm dry nesting place, and from now on they will all be getting used and visited regularly. The Tree Swallow, a beautiful photo, my favourite for today.

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  2. Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana6 May 2017 at 21:56

    Lovely photos of the birds, Florence. I have not noticed any Spring Beauty here and even the hardy Trout Lily is very scarce. Maybe it has been too wet for them...we are joking about needing a canoe soon.

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  3. Cat Lover7 May 2017 at 15:00

    Great photos! So glad you saw a bit of nice weather too. Our one day was Wednesday.
    Love the photo of the Brown Thrasher singing.
    Take care.
    Robin

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  4. Jenn Jilks11 May 2017 at 17:30

    You have so many bird boxes! It's wonderful. It makes me feel better.

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