Bloom Day – June 2013
Here it is – already June 15th & the Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day. There’s so much going on outside I can’t keep up. Everything is growing like crazy. Here’s what’s been bloomin’:
Birds of 2013: Week 22
Today is the last day of Great Blue Heron Week in Portland, so it seems fitting to do a post with Blue Heron pics. I love these birds & am happy to say that I have seen quite a few of them lately. Here are a few of my favorite Heron pics I’ve taken over …
Birds of 2013: Week 21
I went to a Wetlands area one day & saw so many great things that the next day I went back & brought my boys with me. Here’s just a smattering of birds we saw over those two days.
Birds of 2013: Week 20
After a couple slow weeks without a new bird to share, I finally have a new one. About 20 Evening Grosbeaks have been hanging around our house this past week. I love them. Their bold colors & striking unibrow makes them appear exotic. Hopefully, they stick around for awhile so I can get a better …
2013 Hatch #4
Last week another batch of eggs hatched. This time we incubated Blue Marans & Easter Eggers like we have done in previous hatches. We also hatched a few Rhode Island Reds for the first time. This is our 5th hatch & it’s still exciting. I love watching the chicks peck their way into the world.
Bloom Day – May 2013
Spring is here & my gardens are in full swing. It seems like overnight everything has leafed out or started blooming. It’s fantastic.
Birds of 2013: Week 19
This week’s bird post is different than normal because it doesn’t include a photo of an actual bird. Instead, I’m sharing the bird my 7 year old son made me for Mother’s Day. When he gave it to me he said, “I know you like bald eagles, so I made this one for you.” I …
Birds of 2013: Week 18
Like I was afraid of, it is getting difficult to spot new birds. But, I did see something just as exciting at a wetlands area – 3 groups of baby geese. Most of the thousands of geese that I had seen earlier in the year were gone. This time I saw only a small group …
2013 Mama Hen Hatch #1
Last week some of the eggs our broody hen was setting on hatched! About a week after we noticed that she was sitting on eggs, I candled some of the eggs & realized they weren’t developing. So, I swapped five of her eggs for five eggs from our coops that I thought should hatch. Three …
Birds of 2013: Week 17
Spring is here & many of our summer birds are showing up. That just makes me happy.