Wildlife observations
May. 13th, 2017 08:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
westerlingIn the last few days, even in the short time for observations that I've had, I've seen:
A flock of chickadees very close by when we came home the other night. They were curious and seemed to want to interact. One buzzed right past my head.
The two crows that are often looking for bugs in the grass of the yard, that I suspect are a nesting pair, appear to have a nest in the understory of the chicken coop.
Two deer were having a munchfest in the yard yesterday, and one of them apparently got a little too close to somebody's nest, because I watched her get chased away by a tiny, very irate bird. Yes, an angry bird. The deer looked a little confusticated and beat a quick retreat.
There are still some peepers, but the lower froggy notes are starting to be present too.
Pretty sure I saw a Bal'more Oriole yesterday.
The apple trees are in bloom and it smells amazing in my yard. :)
I love this weather. It has been really feeling like spring, with still some chill in the air, but warm in the sun. There are even more colors than in the fall, with leaves budding out in so many colors and all the trees blossoming. It has been one of the most beautiful springs we've had in several years, and all the more special because for a while, when it began, I felt like it was unexpected, as though I did not know spring could come this year, as though they could take away spring. I didn't know I thought that until I found myself feeling surprised that we were still moving into summer, despite all of the chaos that is happening.
A flock of chickadees very close by when we came home the other night. They were curious and seemed to want to interact. One buzzed right past my head.
The two crows that are often looking for bugs in the grass of the yard, that I suspect are a nesting pair, appear to have a nest in the understory of the chicken coop.
Two deer were having a munchfest in the yard yesterday, and one of them apparently got a little too close to somebody's nest, because I watched her get chased away by a tiny, very irate bird. Yes, an angry bird. The deer looked a little confusticated and beat a quick retreat.
There are still some peepers, but the lower froggy notes are starting to be present too.
Pretty sure I saw a Bal'more Oriole yesterday.
The apple trees are in bloom and it smells amazing in my yard. :)
I love this weather. It has been really feeling like spring, with still some chill in the air, but warm in the sun. There are even more colors than in the fall, with leaves budding out in so many colors and all the trees blossoming. It has been one of the most beautiful springs we've had in several years, and all the more special because for a while, when it began, I felt like it was unexpected, as though I did not know spring could come this year, as though they could take away spring. I didn't know I thought that until I found myself feeling surprised that we were still moving into summer, despite all of the chaos that is happening.