Showing posts with label bluebird box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bluebird box. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2020

Irake

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Before this world turns green, it's taupe. And this portion of meadow was covered with fallen oak leaves all the way along this tiny f...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Worth the Effort

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Rain saturated the earth this month and after 10 winters (or more) the 2x6 holding the bluebird box tilted in the softened yellow clay. De...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Janitor of Eden

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After two weeks away, the first thing to do is empty the mousetraps. Very fortunately there was only one mouse cadaver, fresh thank God, bec...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

Bluebird in the Chickadee's Nest

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On 28 April 2018 I photographed an anomaly in the bluebird box: One bluebird egg, and the others, much smaller, white with copper spots. B...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

A Really Good Morning

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This misty morning, 7 a.m,  after thunderstorms last night, was so dreamlike I took the creaky old Nikon (2004) and not the phone, because...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Masterpiece Eggs

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Monitoring your bluebird box is a duty, said The Michigan Bluebird Society site; those who don't monitor should not own one because a...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Moving Into His New House

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When a tall person visited on March 9, I got his help taking down the old bluebird house, all weatherbeaten and cracked top to bottom, and...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Three Kinds of Prairie Blue

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Nature news from the Shaw Nature Reserve, where I took a morning walk yesterday with a group called Wednesday Walkers, a self-selected gr...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

Fledge

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A curious young being, so young it isn't blue yet, peeks out of my bluebird box. I would love to know its thoughts about the green and...
Friday, June 21, 2013

Photographing Bluebirds

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When I see a blue streak and flutter out of the corners of my eyes, I will neglect all else in life to let you know the bluebirds are raisin...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Spring Bird Report

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The towhees, robins and white-throated sparrows are here, but the juncos have not yet left for their homes in Canada. Normally by the thir...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Day We've Waited For

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Sunday, February 20, was the most blessed day of the year, the one I hope and hope for, the day the first crocuses bloomed-- right in my ya...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Bluebird Box Mystery Solved

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A bluebird pair flitted back and forth and checked out my bluebird box. But they didn't settle. By now they should have lived there a mo...