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Bird sightings
Feb. 21st, 2016 08:57 amThis morning:
At the feeders, a pair of red-winged blackbirds and a pair of bluebirds. The bluebirds wintered over, we think, because we've seen them every few weeks, and it's entirely possible that the blackbirds wintered over as well, but now the red is visible. And the goldfinches are just starting to gain their summer color, which means that a few of them are more khaki than drab.
Flying over, a trio of sandhill cranes. On the one hand, when we have cranes frequenting the yard, we don't have deer. OTOH, the cranes are really loud, and are noisiest just before dawn. Right now, that's not such a problem, but when it's summer and dawn comes at 0530?
We cleaned leaves out of the edge of the pond/on top of the ice yesterday -- if we do it now, they don't fall to the bottom of the pond and get difficult to remove. And of course, we found a dead frog. Whee. At least it was intact, and floating, not wedged into the pump intake.
At the feeders, a pair of red-winged blackbirds and a pair of bluebirds. The bluebirds wintered over, we think, because we've seen them every few weeks, and it's entirely possible that the blackbirds wintered over as well, but now the red is visible. And the goldfinches are just starting to gain their summer color, which means that a few of them are more khaki than drab.
Flying over, a trio of sandhill cranes. On the one hand, when we have cranes frequenting the yard, we don't have deer. OTOH, the cranes are really loud, and are noisiest just before dawn. Right now, that's not such a problem, but when it's summer and dawn comes at 0530?
We cleaned leaves out of the edge of the pond/on top of the ice yesterday -- if we do it now, they don't fall to the bottom of the pond and get difficult to remove. And of course, we found a dead frog. Whee. At least it was intact, and floating, not wedged into the pump intake.
