The buds on the maple and oaks are opening in our yard…
and displaying their modest flowers… Continue reading
Maple, Maple, Oak
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Tag Archives: backyard
Mother Rabbit’s Fall Letter
Lawn Mower
Animals Eating: Bunny Edition
…set to Riding in My Car by Woody Guthrie which is on the Smithsonian Folkways Children’s Music Collection CD…
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This post is linked up with What’s the Word? Wednesdays over at Frankly My Dear. Check it out and link up!
Bubbles
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! Yellow and Gray
Jots about the bird…
- It’s a Yellow Warbler.
- I thought it was an American Goldfinch at first.
- If a Cowbird adds an egg, the Yellow Warbler will abandon any of its own along with it an build a new nest on top.
- There are over 100 kinds of New World Warblers; they are migratory, tend to be colorful and small, eat insects, and are a favorite with birders.
- This little birdie was hard to photograph; She would’t sit still!
The Weed!
This is the point in the summer when the grass stops growing and the weeds go crazy. This is a over simplification of what my backyard looked like last night.
Oh yes, very nice, maybe I will pull some weeds, I thought. I went to pull the first one and this is what happened…
Sparrow Preening
A Song Sparrow preening this morning (in slow motion)…
Preening is a very common bird behavior. They do it for a variety of reasons including to remove parasites and align feathers for optimum flight. I feel itchy just watching! Depending on the bird they may do it after a water or dust bath and may also be spreading an oil or power which waterproofs their feathers. I think it is impressive just in terms of balance!
What do you do to get ready in the morning?
Mother Rabbit’s Latest
Trouble reading? Click on images 2X to zoom in.
I found another Mother Rabbit newsletter this morning in my yard! I don’t know who she is relying on for delivery! Remember the first? We enjoyed reading it and have noticed many of the same things!
What kinds of changes have you noticed in your yard lately? Please share!
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Mother Rabbit’s Newsletter
Found this outside this morning (you might have to zoom in on your screen a tad to read it)!
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This post is linked up with It’s Playtime at Quirky Mama. Check it out for lots of great child activity links!
It’s also linked up at Frankly My Dear‘s What’s the Word? Wednesdays. Grab a coffee and check it out!
Flight School
Bird Quiz…
Grab a pencil and paper and take my bird quiz just for fun! After you are finished scroll to the bottom for answers and scoring.
Name the following birds…
1. This signing’s bird has an alliterating name.
